Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum in a Patient After Ventilation Therapy

• Authors: Kuczia Marian , Kurowska Monika , Kubica Bartosz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Free gas in the peritoneal cavity is not always associated with gastrointestinal perforation. The study presented a case of a 72-year old male patient with peritoneal emphysema, which developed after ventilation therapy. Suspecting gastrointestinal perforation the patient was subjected to laparotomy, which did not show perforation. The patient was diagnosed with spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. The patient died, due to cardiopulmonary and neurological disturbances. Withdrawal from non-therapeutic laparotomy may prove crucial in similar cases.

Keywords

EN

spontaneous pneumoperitoneum; ventilation therapy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 601-603

Dates

online

1 - 3 - 2015

received

16 - 1 - 2014

Contributors

author

Kuczia Marian

• Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Hospital in Pszczyna Kierownik: dr n. med. M. Kuczia

author

Kurowska Monika

• Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Hospital in Pszczyna Kierownik: dr n. med. M. Kuczia

author

Kubica Bartosz

• Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Hospital in Pszczyna Kierownik: dr n. med. M. Kuczia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pjs-2015-0008