Use of Ultrasound to Diagnose and Manage a Five-Liter Empyema in a Rural Clinic in Sierra Leone

We report the case of a dyspneic patient with a five-liter pleural empyema that was diagnosed and managed in a resource-limited clinic in a rural part of Sierra Leone. The diagnosis and management of this condition are usually guided by imaging modalities such as X-rays or CT scans. However, these r...

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Autores principales: Rotte, Masashi, Fields, Jason Matthew, Torres, Sergio, Dominick, Christa, Kelly, J. Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25050185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/173810

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25050185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/173810

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