ArticleBMC surgery2025
Ultrasound findings of free fluid in non-traumatic acute abdomen: a prospective case series study.
Article in BMC surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe clinical value of ultrasound findings of free fluid in non-traumatic acute abdomen evaluation is under scrutiny. This study aimed to evaluate whether ultrasound findings of free fluid can be used to assess the effusion volume in a non-traumatic acute abdomen by comparing the ultrasound-estimated effusion volume with the effusion volume determined at surgery and evaluating ultrasound-guided drainage tube placement.
methodsThis prospective case series study enrolled patients with non-traumatic acute abdomen from the Hospital between January 2021 and September 2021. The volumes of pelvic and peritoneal effusion, as estimated by ultrasound findings of free fluid, were compared with the actual volumes observed during subsequent surgery.
resultsEighty-six patients underwent surgery within 7 h after ultrasound findings of free fluid. The effusion volume matching rates were 62.5%, 65.2%, 22.2%, and 3.0% for pelvic and peritoneal effusion within 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, and 6-7 h after ultrasound findings of free fluid. Successful abdominocentesis was achieved in all patients. Ultrasound findings of free fluid could effectively guide drainage tube placement and monitor the condition of 68 patients.
conclusionThis study suggests that ultrasound findings of free fluid may be an option for assessing non-traumatic acute abdomen and to guide surgical drain placement in emergency departments. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: not applicable.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.