Bedside thoracic ultrasonography of the fourth intercostal space reliably determines safe removal of tube thoracostomy after traumatic injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1570-1575

  Kwan, Rita O ^a   Miraflor, Emily ^a   Yeung, Louise ^a   Strumwasser, Aaron ^a   Victorino, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; pneumothorax; surgeon performed ultrasound; Thoracic ultrasonography; tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE REMOVAL; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHEST TUBES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871188467     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265fc22     Document Type: Article

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