Open AccessPeriportal low density on CT in patients with blunt trauma: association with elevated venous pressure.
Author(s) -
K. Shanmuganathan,
Stuart E. Mirvis,
Mariangela Amoroso
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.160.2.8424335
Subject(s) - medicine , venous pressure , blunt , blunt trauma , association (psychology) , radiology , blood pressure , philosophy , epistemology
We postulated that the CT finding of periportal low density after acute blunt trauma of the abdomen or pelvis results from elevated central venous pressure caused by rapid expansion of intravascular volume during IV resuscitation or by other trauma-related pathologic changes.