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Research Articles Issue 1 · 2019 · pp. 219–223 · Issue page

PNEUMOPERITONEUM DIAGNOSED USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY-A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

BO
Bogdan SOCEA1
CR
Cristiana BOGACIU2
AL
Alexandru CARÂP3
AN
Anca NICA4
AL
Alexandru SMARANDA5
VL
Vlad BĂLEANU6
DR
Dragoş Virgil Dragoş Virgil DAVIŢOIU7
OV
Ovidiu BRATU8
VL
Vlad CONSTANTIN9
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest, Romania
2 Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest, Romania
3 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest
4 University of Medicine Titu Maiorescu, 67A Gheorghe Patrascu Str, Bucharest, Romania "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest
5 University of Medicine Titu Maiorescu, 67A Gheorghe Patrascu Str, Bucharest, Romania "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest
6 "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest, Romania
7 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
8 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; Carol Davila University Emergency Central Emergency Military Hospital, 88 Mircea Vulcanescu Str, 010825, Bucharest,Romania; Academy of Romanian Scientists, 54 Splaiul Independentei, 050085, Bucharest, Romania
9 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, General Surgery Department, 340 Sos. Pantelimon, 021659, Bucharest, Romania
Accepted 29 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2019
Abstract
ULTRASOUND IS COMMONLY USED AS AN INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ABDOMEN TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THE TYPICAL IMAGE OF PNEUMOPERITONEUM IS FORMED BY HIGH AMPLITUDE LINEAR ECHOES WITH DISTAL ARTIFACTUAL REVERBERATIO N ECHOES. ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY IS ESSENTIAL IN A RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF THE PNEUMOPERITONEUM. THE STUDIES CONDUCTED SO FAR SHOWED IN SOME CASES THE SUPERIORITY OF THE METHOD, AND IN ALL CASES NO INFERIORITY. SONOGRAPHIC SIGNS OF PNEUMOPERITONEUM SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS SUCH AS FAST AND RUSH.
Keywords
ULTRASONOGRAPHY PNEUMOPERITONEUM DIAGNOSE ACUTE ABDOMEN
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