Ultrasound diagnosis of occult pneumothorax

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1231-1238

  Lichtenstein, Daniel A ^a   Mezière, Gilbert ^a,b   Lascols, Nathalie ^c   Biderman, Philippe ^a   Courret, Jean Paul ^a   Gepner, Agnès ^d   Goldstein, Ivan ^e   Tenoudji Cohen, Marc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b Medicosurgical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^c Cercle des Echographistes d'Urgence et de Réanimation Francophones ^*  (France)

^d Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasonography; Intensive care unit; Lung; Pneumothorax; Respiratory failure; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 20444498641     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000164542.86954.B4     Document Type: Article

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