Test characteristics of ultrasonography for the detection of pneumothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-708

  Alrajhi, Khaled ^a   Woo, Michael Y ^a,b   Vaillancourt, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857942235     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0131     Document Type: Article

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