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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
7
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-10-1
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Thirty-eight patients with acute diaphragmatic rupture secondary to blunt trauma have been reviewed. Peritoneal lavage is diagnostically inexact in patients with diaphragmatic rupture. One-fourth of the patients had falsely negative peritoneal lavages during their initial evaluation. All four patients without associated intra-abdominal injuries had falsely negative peritoneal lavages, as did four of 30 patients (13%) with significantly associated intra-abdominal injuries. We conclude from these data that: 1) peritoneal lavage is falsely negative in patients with isolated diaphragmatic rupture; 2) positive peritoneal lavage in patients with diaphragmatic rupture results from associated intra-abdominal injuries; and 3) peritoneal lavage may be falsely negative despite significant intra-abdominal injuries; because of herniation of injured organ(s) into the thoracic cavity, thus bleeding is excluded from the peritoneal cavity.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0022-5282
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
16
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
538-42
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Abdominal Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Accidents, Traffic,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Acute Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-False Negative Reactions,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Hemorrhage,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Peritoneal Dialysis,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Thoracic Surgery,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Thorax,
pubmed-meshheading:948095-Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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| pubmed:year |
1976
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The inadequacy of peritoneal lavage in diagnosing acute diaphragmatic rupture.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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