The 'lung point': An ultrasound sign specific to pneumothorax

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1434-1440

  Lichtenstein, Daniel ^a,b   Mezière, Gilbert ^b   Biderman, Philippe ^a   Gepner, Agnès ^b  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Genéral   (France)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Lung, ultrasound diagnosis; Pneumothorax; Thorax, ultrasound diagnosis; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033794239     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000627     Document Type: Article

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