What's the difference between hydroperitoneum and peritoneum?

Hydroperitoneum


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Ascites.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some pigs died and most developed subcutaneous edema, hydrothorax, hydroperitoneum, pulmonary atelectasis, edema of the mesentery and perirenal edema.
  • (2) We present four cases in which an uneventful, successful placement of four central lines (three superior vena cava, one inferior vena cava) were followed at greater than 48 hours by either hydrothorax or hydroperitoneum, which resulted in either cardiorespiratory collapse or intraabdominal sepsis.
  • (3) Serosanguineous fluid in the trachea and major bronchi, pulmonary congestion and edema, hydrothorax, hydroperitoneum, and less frequently hydropericardium were observed on and after day 4.
  • (4) A Santa Gertrudis bull developed hydroperitoneum due to multiple perforating lesions of the ventral urinary bladder wall.
  • (5) Although tension pneumoperitoneum or hydroperitoneum is rare, prompt recognition and surgical intervention are essential.
  • (6) Animals in the Co + A group showed hydroperitoneum, higher mortality, and a greater decline in weight and feed consumption.
  • (7) Typically, lambs with congenital listeriosis had subcutaneous oedema, hydrothorax, hydroperitoneum, distended abdomen, enlarged pale bronze-red friable livers with small necrotic foci, small abomasal erosions, increased yellow-orange mucoid meconium and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes.
  • (8) We present a case of massive hydroperitoneum following a pool whip-induced injury.

Peritoneum


Definition:

  • (n.) The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This implies that these proteins are quantitatively absorbed from the peritoneum without undergoing modifications.
  • (2) Immunohistochemical insulin proofs were positive in the peritoneum over a period of 3 months and in the liver up to one year after implantation.
  • (3) The distribution of cells at the stage of DNA synthesis and mitosis in all the parietal peritoneum speaks of the absence of special proliferation zones.
  • (4) Various parts of the peritoneum were equipotential with venous blood.
  • (5) In 25 rabbits, endometrium from the right uterine horn was transplanted onto the peritoneum (Experimental group = Group E).
  • (6) First, CAPD exposes essentially continuously the peritoneum to peritoneal dialysis solutions.
  • (7) Bacterial infections of the peritoneum may be primary (pneumococcal peritonitis of childhood).
  • (8) On day 5 of enalapril treatment, an osmotic minipump was implanted in the peritoneum that caused sustained release of ANG II (200 ng.kg-1.min-1) or vehicle (bovine serum albumin) for 3 or 7 days.
  • (9) This report is the first published demonstration of the existence of fenestrated capillaries in human parietal and rabbit diaphragmatic peritoneum.
  • (10) Also numerous small knots on the small intestine, peritoneum, and omentum, as well as a considerable amount of ascites were observed.
  • (11) In the authors' four cases the problems were solved anatomically and functionally by suturing only the mesenterium of the terminal ileum to the edge of the previously cut peritoneum.
  • (12) Polypropylene mesh is then passed down the laparoscope, placed into the defect to obliterate the space, and the edges of the peritoneum are then reapproximated.
  • (13) The injection in the peritoneum of Limulus amebocyte lysate at the same time of inoculation of lethal dose of E. coli LPS is able to protect the rats against endotoxin lethality.
  • (14) A hernial sac originating from the peritoneum near the oesophagogastric junction contained the midgut which had herniated through the oesophageal hiatus.
  • (15) Although no changes could be detected in the conventional B lymphocyte population, the peritoneum was replete with B cells characteristic of the Ly-1 lineage.
  • (16) They are then filled with 5.104 macrophages obtained from the peritoneum of normal mice suspended in 100 mul of medium 199 supplemented with bovine serum albumin.
  • (17) Endolymphatic administration of kanamycin provided an increase in its activity in the inflamed tissues of the peritoneum and omentum and markedly prolonged its halflife as compared to those after the routine intramuscular administration of the drug.
  • (18) A new culdocentesis system is presented, based on vacuum fixation of the posterior vaginal wall together with Douglas peritoneum in a small vacuum cup, enabling a controllable central perpendicular puncture with a special catheter-needle unit.
  • (19) The sites of ENM included lung and thoracic lymph nodes (2), pleura and peritoneum (2), and liver (1).
  • (20) The reservoir is placed outside the peritoneum, in a pre-peritoneal position, in order to allow its fixation by adhesions to the abdominal wall.

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