Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound for Pneumothorax in the Trauma Suite

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 527-530

  Knudtson, Jason L ^a   Dort, Jonathan M ^a,b   Helmer, Stephen D ^a,b   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b   Dulchavsky, Scott A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Christi Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Comet tail; Lung sliding; Pneumothorax; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1942508811     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000114529.99353.22     Document Type: Article

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