Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (EFAST) in the diagnosis of pneumothorax: Experience at a community based level I trauma center

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 511-514

  Nandipati, Kalyana C ^a,b   Allamaneni, Shyam ^a   Kakarla, Ravindra ^a,b   Wong, Alfredo ^a   Richards, Neil ^a   Satterfield, James ^a,b   Turner, James W ^b   Sung, Kae Jae ^a,b  

^a Mary Immaculate Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

Focussed abdominal sonography for trauma; Pneumothorax; Trauma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTENDED FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAB WOUND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79953698494     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.01.105     Document Type: Article

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