Needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax: Failure predicted by chest computed tomography

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-17

  Stevens, Robert L ^a   Rochester, Angel A ^a   Busko, Jonathan ^a   Blackwell, Thomas ^a   Schwartz, Daniel ^a   Argenta, Anne ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a F H Sammy Ross Jr Trauma Center   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle decompression; Pneumothorax; Thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC WALL; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649088632     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802471998     Document Type: Article

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