Sonographical detection of free gas in the peritoneal cavity.
Using suitable examination technique free gas in the peritoneal cavity can be as reliably detected by sonography as by x-ray. The identical sensitivity of both methods is experimentally proved up to a gas-volume of 1 ml.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
D005740:Gases