title: Pneumoperitoneum in a five-day-old baby: a case report.
abstract: A five-day-old male was admitted to Mt Hagen Hospital with a history of vomiting, fever and rapidly progressive abdominal distension of one-day duration. Urgent abdominal X-ray revealed pneumoperitoneum. Laparotomy revealed a malrotation of the intestine with jejunal perforation. The baby died postoperatively, 21 hours after admission. The importance of plain abdominal X-rays and reliance on 'classical' plain film radiographic signs is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Mount Hagen General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kemiki
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Mziray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kulunga
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology