The etiology of pneumoperitoneum in the 21st century

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 542-548

  Kumar, Ashwini ^a   Muir, Mark T ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Salhanick, Marc A ^a   Lankford, Daniel B ^a   Katabathina, Venkata S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Free intraperitoneal air; peptic ulcer perforation; perforated diverticulitis; pneumoperitoneum; viscus perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMACH PERFORATION; ULCER PERFORATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH ULCER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865968373     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825c157f     Document Type: Review

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