Absence of lung sliding is not a reliable sign of pneumothorax in patients with high positive end-expiratory pressure

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2034-2036

  Markota, Andrej ^a,b   Golub, Jerneja ^a   Svenšek, Franci ^a,b   Sinkovič, Andreja ^a,b   Stožer, Andraž ^b   Fluher, Jure ^b   Prosen, Gregor ^b,c   Bergauer, Andrej ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c Department of Orthodontics Health Centre Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT LUNG; LETTER; LUNG SLIDING; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE VENTILATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RIGHT LUNG; VENTILATED PATIENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84990041850     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.032     Document Type: Letter

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