Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
A study on clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of pneumoperitoneum neonates in a tertiary care hospital
Dr. P. Sukumar, Dr. M. Rajesh, Dr. Mohammed Zakir Mohiuddin Owais, Dr. P. Sarweswar Reddy
JCDR. 2023: 2887-2894
Abstract
Background: Pneumoperitoneum is the presence of air within the peritoneal cavity. It has an incidence of 16.5% of neonatal admissions. In neonates, about 10% of the pneumoperitoneum demonstrated radiologically occur without hollow viscus perforation Pneumoperitoneum is said to occur more in neonates than in infants and most cases are idiopathic. However it may be caused by necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), gastrointestinal tract perforation, iatrogenic causes such as mechanical ventilation and intrathoracic pathology (pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum).
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