7. • CXR shows air in liver
– Also ETT a bit low
– Gastric distension w NGT in correct position
• Portal venous gas = v.bad prognostic sign
– Need to differentiate from pneumobilia
• Portal venous gas has peripheral gas distribution
• Pneumobilia has central gas distribution, usually from
intrumentation of biliary tree
• Pneumatosis intestinalis = air in gut wall
– Highly suggestive of necrotising entercolitis or gut
infarction