title: Pneumoperitoneum in the neonate.
abstract: Pneumoperitoneum in the newborn child is not necessarily diagnostic of visceral perforation. If perforation can be excluded, these patients can be spared the risks of an operation.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology