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Point-of-care ultrasound detection of tracheal wall thickening caused by smoke inhalation

Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of death due to fires. When a patient presents with smoke inhalation, prompt assessment of the airway and breathing is necessary. Point-of-care ultrasonography (US) is used for the rapid assessment of critically ill or injured patients. We herein present a case...

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Autores principales: Kameda, Toru, Fujita, Masato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-6-11