Pleural ultrasonography versus chest radiography for the diagnosis of pneumothorax: Review of the literature and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Alrajab, Saadah ^a,c   Youssef, Asser M ^a,c   Akkus, Nuri I ^b,c   Caldito, Gloria ^b,c  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery and Trauma ^*  (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVIST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84884392087     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13016     Document Type: Article

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