PULMONARY emphysema is one of the most common, disabling and chronically progressive diseases seen in a general hospital. The usual sequence of emphysema, bronchitis, fibrosis and progressive ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Pneumoperitoneum' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

WHEN oxygen is administered to a patient with chronic anoxemia, an elevation of the carbon-dioxide content and combining power of the blood usually occurs. In patients with marked pulmonary emphysema ...

Artificial pneumoperitoneum is a form of collapse therapy that was used in the treatment of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis before the availability of antimycobacterial chemotherapy. We report a ...

Long-distance air transport (LDAT) of infants with pneumoperitoneum for pediatric surgical evaluation has not been previously reported. We examined whether extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a preferred method based on its many benefits. However, increasing abdominal pressure by CO insufflation during the implementation of this technique poses challenges. To ...

Pneumoperitoneum (PP) is known to cause ischemia in kidneys and other intra-abdominal organs because of decreased splanchnic blood flow. We aimed to determine the degree of renal injury that occurs ...