Detection of occult pneumothoraces in the significantly injured adult with blunt trauma

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-67

  Lamb, Alastair D G ^a,b   Qadan, Motaz ^a   Gray, Alasdair J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Occult; Pneumothorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT PNEUMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34247646136     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000228439.87286.ed     Document Type: Article

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