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Images in emergency medicine
Abdominal compartment syndrome induced by massive pneumoperitoneum
  1. J S You1,
  2. Y E Chung2,
  3. J W Park3,
  4. T S Hwang3
  1. 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  2. 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  3. 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Changwon Fatima Hospital, Changwon, Republic of Korea
  1. Correspondence to Jong Woo Park, Department of Emergency Medicine, Changwon Fatima Hospital, 212, Myeongseo-Dong, Changwon 641-560, Republic of Korea; erman{at}naver.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.090068

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