Clinician-performed Beside Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Traumatic Pneumothorax

Clinician-performed Beside Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Traumatic Pneumothorax

Introduction: Prior studies have reported conflicting results regarding the utility of ultrasound in thediagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax (PTX) because they have used sonologists with extensiveexperience. This study evaluates the characteristics of ultrasound for PTX for a large cohort oftrauma an...

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Main Authors: Bon S. Ku, J. Matthew Fields, Brendan Carr, Worth W. Everett, Vincent H. Gracias, Anthony J. Dean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-03-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
emergency medicine
emergency department
ultrasound
technology at the bedside
traumatic pneumothorax
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/95z1z0mg

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