Sensitivity of bedside ultrasound and supine anteroposterior chest radiographs for the identification of pneumothorax after blunt trauma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Wilkerson, R Gentry ^a   Stone, Michael B ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Emergency ultrasound; Pneumothorax; Traumatic pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING TEST; SUPINE POSITION; SURGEON; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 75449109863     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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