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Acute pneumoperitoneum following coitus.
Vaginal rupture leading to pneumoperitoneum is well documented to occur after hysterectomy or surgery. However, it is extremely rare in a young woman following conventional intercourse. We report one such case. A 16-year-old woman presented to the accident and emergency department with a clinical picture of an acute abdomen. Results of radiography showed gas under the diaphragm, suggesting the ...
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) following prolonged laparoscopy is a documented phenomenon. Carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum induces oxidative stress. Previous experimental studies have shown that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine, protects the rat from AKI following ischemia-reperfusion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on rat renal function after...
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case Report A 46-year-old woman came to the emergency department complaining of severe, sharp, upper abdominal pain that had begun less than 1 hour earlier. The most notable aspect of her history was that the abrupt onset of this excruciating pain occurred within 5 minutes after coitus. The pain was the most severe she had ever experienced. She described it as steady, burning, and located vague...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s148180350001294x