Is mediastinal shift on chest X-ray of pneumothorax always an emergency?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 429-433

  Clark, Sean ^a   Ragg, Michael ^a   Stella, Julian ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Emergencies; Incidence; Mediastinum; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM SHIFT; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0344664528     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00497.x     Document Type: Review

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