Occult traumatic pneumothorax: Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasonography in the emergency department

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Soldati, Gino ^a,d   Testa, Americo ^b   Sher, Sara ^c   Pignataro, Giulia ^b   La Sala, Monica ^b   Silveri, Nicole Gentiloni ^b  

^a Ospedale di Castelnuovo Garfagnana   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Lung ultrasonography; Occult pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349076400     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1595     Document Type: Article

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