Tension pneumoperitoneum
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C. Ralston; T. H. Clutton-Brock; P. Hutton
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Article
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1989
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Springer
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English
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A 26-year-old woman developed the adult respiratory distress syndrome after a post-partum haemorrhage. After mechanical ventilation was started the signs of a tense and distended acute abdomen developed. The aspiration and subsequent analysis of copious intra-peritoneal gas confirmed the diagnosis o