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A condition with trapped gas or air in the PERITONEAL CAVITY, usually secondary to perforation of the internal organs such as the LUNG and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, or to recent surgery. Pneumoperitoneum may be purposely introduced to aid radiological examination.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL, a technique; RETROPNEUMOPERITONEUM is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pneumoperitoneum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011027. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011027
- Pneumoperitoneum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoperitoneum
- Pneumoperitoneum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163469