Ultrasound diagnosis of traumatic hemothorax
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Ultrasound diagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax
A 36-year-old man presented to our emergency department complaining of right-sided chest pain after a motor vehicle collision. Physical examination revealed bilateral breath sounds and a supine chest radiograph was unremarkable. A 10-5 MHz linear transducer (SonoSite MicroMaxx, Bothell, WA, USA) was used to obtain ultrasound images at the patients left anterior chest wall [Figure 1], right ant...
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INTRODUCTION Prior studies have reported conflicting results regarding the utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax (PTX) because they have used sonologists with extensive experience. This study evaluates the characteristics of ultrasound for PTX for a large cohort of trauma and emergency physicians. METHODS This was a prospective, observational study on a convenience ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiology & Radiation Therapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2574-8084
DOI: 10.15406/ijrrt.2018.05.00177