Anatomical distribution of traumatic pneumothoraces on chest computed tomography: Implications for ultrasound screening in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1025-1031

  Mennicke, Maria ^a   Gulati, Kavita ^b   Oliva, Isabel ^c   Goldflam, Katja ^d   Skali, Hicham ^b   Ledbetter, Stephen ^b   Platz, Elke ^b  

^a Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STERNUM; THORAX; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84865521341     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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