Occult pneumothorax in trauma patients: Development of an objective scoring system

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  De Moya, Marc A ^a,b,d   Seaver, Christopher ^a   Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^b   Inaba, Kenji ^a,c   Nguyen, Michael ^a   Veltman, Yevgeniy ^a   Shatz, David ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^b   Pizano, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Occult pneumothorax; Pneumothorax; Pneumothorax scoring; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT PNEUMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447333954     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31806864fc     Document Type: Review

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