Failure of detection of pneumothorax on initial chest radiograph

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 468-469

  Kane, T P C ^a   Nuttall, M C ^a   Bowyer, R C ^a   Patel, V ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA; SPORT INJURY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036712104     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.5.468     Document Type: Article

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