Open AccessFree air on plain film: Do we need a computed tomography too?
Author(s) -
Carolina Solís,
Yuchiao Chang,
Marc A. de Moya,
George C. Velmahos,
Peter J. Fagenholz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.125631
Subject(s) - computed tomography , tomography , geology , medicine , radiology
Standard teaching is that patients with pneumoperitoneum on plain X-ray and clinical signs of abdominal pathology should undergo urgent surgery. It is unknown if abdominal computed tomography (CT) provides additional useful information in this scenario.