Use of ultrasound in the detection of occult bowel perforation in neonates
| Autor: | D L Kinder, Joanna J. Seibert, A R Wilson, S F Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Perforation (oil well) Bowel perforation Ascites Ascitic Fluid Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Peritoneal Cavity Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Ultrasonography Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Ultrasound Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Occult digestive system diseases Surgery Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Intestinal Perforation Necrotizing enterocolitis Abdomen Female medicine.symptom business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 12:531-535 |
| ISSN: | 0278-4297 |
| DOI: | 10.7863/jum.1993.12.9.531 |
| Popis: | Intestinal perforation is a common and serious complication of NEC in neonates. Plain film evidence often is absent in patients with surgically proved perforation. Some patients with NEC develop a distended, gasless abdomen suitable for sonographic evaluation. Five neonates with gasless abdominal distention and clinical decline were studied with ultrasonography. Four patients demonstrated intraperitoneal fluid-debris levels and ascites; all had surgical proof of perforation. The fifth patient did not demonstrate these findings and subsequently recovered. The sonographic findings of ascites and intraperitoneal fluid-debris levels in patients with NEC are suggestive of perforation. |
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