title: Tension pneumoperitoneum.
abstract: 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 of a tension pneumoperitoneum secondary to pulmonary barotrauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, University of Birmingham, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ralston
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Clutton-Brock
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hutton
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects