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Case Reports
. 1984 Aug;39(8):776-80.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb06522.x.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. Nitrous oxide anaesthesia and the rapid effect of oxygen therapy

D N Sutton, K R Poskitt
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. Nitrous oxide anaesthesia and the rapid effect of oxygen therapy

D N Sutton et al. Anaesthesia. 1984 Aug.
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Abstract

A case of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis discovered at laparotomy for a perforated duodenal ulcer is described. Nitrous oxide administration is contra-indicated in this condition, and the rapid effectiveness of 100% oxygen administration is observed during the surgical procedure.

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