Sonographic Detection of Small Amounts of Free Peritoneal Gas in Beagle Dogs

Hojung CHOI; Youngwon LEE; Kitae PARK; Seongchan YEON; Heechun LEE

doi:10.1292/jvms.11-0375

Internal Medicine

Sonographic Detection of Small Amounts of Free Peritoneal Gas in Beagle Dogs

Hojung CHOI, Youngwon LEE, Kitae PARK, Seongchan YEON, Heechun LEE

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Keywords: canine, free gas, ultrasound

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2012 Volume 74 Issue 4 Pages 491-494

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.11-0375

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Abstract

The detection of small amounts of free peritoneal gas in the canine patient can pose a diagnostic dilemma. The objective of this study was to determine how much of this free gas could be detected ultrasonographically. Ultrasound examinations were carried out after increments (0.1 ml) of air were intraperitoneally injected. Via ultrasonography, 0.4 ml of free gas can be reliably detected. The authors concluded that ultrasonography is a very sensitive modality for the detection of small amounts of peritoneal free gas (above 0.4 ml).

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