pneumoperitoneum

A pneumoperitoneum is deliberately created by the surgical team in order to perform laparoscopic surgery.

Insufflation was used to create a pneumoperitoneum in order to prevent intra-abdominal bleeding.

Carbon dioxide is then passed through the Veress needle to inflate the space, creating a pneumoperitoneum.

A perforated appendix seldom causes a pneumoperitoneum.

This includes pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumoperitoneum.

The football sign is most frequently seen in infants with spontaneous or iatrogenic gastric perforation causing pneumoperitoneum.

A Veress needle is a spring-loaded needle used to create pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery.

Our early experimental work suggests that the aetiology may be increased venous stasis caused by the raised intra-abdominal pressure associated with pneumoperitoneum.

When pneumoperitoneum was established, the femoral venous pressure rose from 4 mmHg to 9 mmHg.

He published a paper on this radiographic phenomenon ("pneumoperitoneum") in 1919 based on a clinical observation he had made in 1917.

Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air in the mediastinum, which in some cases can lead to pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum, and pneumopericardium if left untreated.

Gastrointestinal: hemorrhage (ulcer), dysmotility, pneumoperitoneum, bacterial translocation.

Gas inferior to the diaphragm in a human (or posterior in a four-footed creature) may be pneumoperitoneum, which can be a sign of serious pathology.

(2) Pulmonary barotrauma : extra alveolar air noted as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema or pneumoperitoneum.

It is often seen on X-ray, but small amounts are often missed, and CT is nowadays regarded as a criterion standard in the assessment of a pneumoperitoneum.

Abdominal X-rays may reveal dilated, edematous intestines, although such X-rays are mainly useful to look for pneumoperitoneum, an indicator of gastrointestinal perforation.

Many patients with existing pulmonary disorders may not tolerate pneumoperitoneum (gas in the abdominal cavity), resulting in a need for conversion to open surgery after the initial attempt at laparoscopic approach.

This anatomical variant is sometimes mistaken for the more serious condition of having air under the diaphragm (pneumoperitoneum) which is usually an indication of bowel perforation, possibly leading to unnecessary surgical interventions.

Intraoperative SCD-therapy is recommended during prolonged laparoscopic surgery to counter altered venous blood return from the lower extremities and consequent cardiac depression caused by pneumoperitoneum (inflation of the abdomen with carbon dioxide).

Recovery may be a little quicker with laparoscopic surgery; the procedure is more expensive and resource-intensive than open surgery and generally takes a little longer, with the (low in most patients) additional risks associated with pneumoperitoneum (inflating the abdomen with gas).

Radiographic signs of NEC include dilated bowel loops, paucity of gas, a "fixed loop" (unaltered gas-filled loop of bowel), pneumatosis intestinalis, portal venous gas, and pneumoperitoneum (extraluminal or "free air" outside the bowel within the abdomen).