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Occult pneumothorax in patients with blunt chest trauma: key findings on supine chest radiography

BACKGROUND: In patients with multiple trauma, a supine chest radiography [chest X-ray (CXR)] is preferred over a erect CXR. However, this method has limitations in detecting post-traumatic pneumothorax. The use of chest computed tomography (CT) to detect traumatic pneumothorax is well known. However...

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Autores principales: Park, Il Hwan, Kim, Chang Wan, Choi, Young Un, Kang, Tae Wook, Lim, JiHye, Byun, Chun Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10482646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37691659
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-23-541