Sonographic diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum using the 'enhancement of the peritoneal stripe sign.' A prospective study

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Asrani, Ashwin ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement of the Peritoneal Stripe Sign; Pneumoperitoneum; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147099995     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0583-3     Document Type: Article

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