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1636904

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with free intraperitoneal air collections usually undergo emergency surgery, and the majority will have a gastrointestinal tract perforation. However, there is a subset of patients in whom no identifiable perforation is found at surgery. This entity of noniatrogenic, nonsurgical spontaneous pneumoperitoneum is being diagnosed more frequently at present and is commonly associated with other disease processes that, together, may suggest a benign process. Therefore, a diagnostic algorithm that would preclude operative intervention in this cohort of patients would be of paramount clinical importance. In this report, we present representative cases of the most common types of nonsurgical pneumoperitoneum, review the pathogenesis of this disorder, and discuss its relationship with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, pulmonary disorders, scleroderma, and gynecologic processes. Finally, we outline a diagnostic algorithm that may identify patients who can safely be observed, thereby reducing the incidence of negative laparotomies and, secondarily, the aggregate cost of health care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-103
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Avoiding laparotomy in nonsurgical pneumoperitoneum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Buffalo 14215.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't