Does the detection of occult pneumothorax by the focused assessment with sonography trauma examination value add to the management of the trauma patient?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 418-419

  Joseph, Tony ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 28444482018     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00794.x     Document Type: Editorial

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