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21 paź 2014 · Due to physiologic changes including decreased abdominal musculature, rigidity is absent in approximately 80% of elderly patients who present with perforated PUD, and free air is appreciated on only about 40% of plain radiographs (Figure 6).
21 mar 2022 · Free air on CT or Pneumoperitoneum often indicates a life threatening perforation of bowel. There are many causes but a few of the most common are stomach ulcers and diverticulitis. Others can be from medical procedures like colonoscopy where the bowel wall is perforated.
21 paź 2014 · Due to physiologic changes including decreased abdominal musculature, rigidity is absent in approximately 80% of elderly patients who present with perforated PUD, and free air is appreciated on only about 40% of plain radiographs (Figure 6).
1 lis 2006 · In a retrospective study of 380 older patients with acute abdominal pain, the presence of free air on plain film radiographs, leukocytosis with a high neutrophilic band count, and age older than...
6 dni temu · Acute abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients presenting to the emergency department and accounts for 5 to 10% of all emergency department visits. 1-4 Pathophysiological ...
Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis (abnormal presence of air or other gas) in the peritoneal cavity, a potential space within the abdominal cavity. The most common cause is a perforated abdominal organ, generally from a perforated peptic ulcer, although any part of the bowel may perforate from a benign ulcer, tumor or abdominal trauma.
Given the intrinsic link between cognitive decline and dementia and this paper’s focus on air pollution’s short-term effects, this section summarizes several scholarly investigations on the relationships between short-term air pollution exposure, cognition, and dementia.
