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Occult Pneumothoraces in Acute Trauma Patients
INTRODUCTION: Many traumatic pneumothoraces (PTX) are not seen on initial chest radiograph (CR) (occult PTX) but are detected only on computed tomography (CT). Although CR remains the first tool for detecting PTX, most trauma patients with significant thoracoabdominal injuries will receive both CT a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316265 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6781 |