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Peritoneal lavage

Known as: Diagnostic peritoneal lavage, Peritoneal Irrigation, Irrigations, Peritoneal 
Washing out of the peritoneal cavity. The procedure is a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic technique following abdominal trauma or inflammation.
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
New diagnostic peritoneal lavage criteria for diagnosis of intestinal injury.
BACKGROUND Although diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) is a well-established, reliably objective method of diagnosis of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effects of alcohol intoxication on the initial assessment of trauma patients.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
ESTIMATING PREFERENTIAL FLOW TO A SUBSURFACE DRAIN WITH TRACERS
Potassium bromide and calcium nitrate were used as tracers in sprinkler irrigation water and applied to a field plot drained with… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Computed tomography and diagnostic peritoneal lavage in blunt abdominal trauma. Their combined role.
We reviewed medical records and films of all 196 trauma patients who underwent computed tomography (CT) between June 1982 and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Rough sets approach to analysis of data from peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis.
Two kinds of information systems composed of data from peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis are analysed with the concept of… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Limitations of computed tomography in the evaluation of acute abdominal trauma: a prospective comparison with diagnostic peritoneal lavage.
There has been recent enthusiasm for computed tomography (CT) to supplant diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) in the detection of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Continuing peritoneal lavage in high-risk peritonitis.
A total of 27 patients with peritonitis who were considered to have poor prognoses were treated with a continuing peritoneal… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Peritoneal lavage in appendicular peritonitis
Peritoneal lavage resulted in a significant reduction in the duration of hospital stay in a retrospective series of 189 children… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Proliferation and colony-forming ability of peritoneal exudate cells in liquid culture
Peritoneal exudate cells, obtained from mice injected with thioglycollate medium and cultured in medium containing L-cell… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Treatment of experimental uremia by means of peritoneal irrigation.
The need for a temporary substitute for renal function has been emphasized recently by the report from battle fronts of a high… 
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