Detection of subcutaneous and intramuscular air with sonography: A sensitive and specific modality

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-795

  Butcher, Christian H ^a   Dooley, Richard W ^b   Levitov, Alexander B ^c  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal sonography; Necrotizing soft tissue infections; Soft tissue air; Sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CADAVER STUDY; GAS GANGRENE; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCREENING TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN;

CADAVER; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; GAS GANGRENE; GASES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957948188     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.6.791     Document Type: Article

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