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Sonographic detection of pneumoperitoneum

Accurate and timely detection of a perforated hollow viscus is crucial and has profound consequences for the patient with an acute abdomen. While a CT scan can provide an accurate diagnosis, the increasingly indiscriminate use of this modality sparks concern regarding radiation dosing, its associate...

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Autores principales: Khor, Marlom, Cutten, Joshua, Lim, Joel, Weerakkody, Yuranga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160146
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description Accurate and timely detection of a perforated hollow viscus is crucial and has profound consequences for the patient with an acute abdomen. While a CT scan can provide an accurate diagnosis, the increasingly indiscriminate use of this modality sparks concern regarding radiation dosing, its associated safety concerns and its timely occurrence. There are distinct and readily reproducible findings of pneumoperitoneum on ultrasound. However, sonographers should be trained to detect pneumoperitoneum or patients may be discharged with false-negative results. This case report supports such a view and investigates the current literature surrounding this issue.
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spelling pubmed-61591712018-10-25 Sonographic detection of pneumoperitoneum Khor, Marlom Cutten, Joshua Lim, Joel Weerakkody, Yuranga BJR Case Rep Case Report Accurate and timely detection of a perforated hollow viscus is crucial and has profound consequences for the patient with an acute abdomen. While a CT scan can provide an accurate diagnosis, the increasingly indiscriminate use of this modality sparks concern regarding radiation dosing, its associated safety concerns and its timely occurrence. There are distinct and readily reproducible findings of pneumoperitoneum on ultrasound. However, sonographers should be trained to detect pneumoperitoneum or patients may be discharged with false-negative results. This case report supports such a view and investigates the current literature surrounding this issue. The British Institute of Radiology 2017-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6159171/ /pubmed/30363233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160146 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Sonographic detection of pneumoperitoneum
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160146
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