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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Autores principales: Ernst, Amy A., McIntyre, William A., Weiss, Steven J., Berryman, Chad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2012
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Original Research
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

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