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Factors Associated with Chest Tube Placement in Blunt Trauma Patients with an Occult Pneumothorax

BACKGROUND: An occult pneumothorax is identified by computed tomography but not visualized by a plain film chest X-ray. The optimal management remains unclear. METHODS: A retrospective review of an urban level I trauma center's trauma registry was conducted to identify patients with occult pneu...

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Autores principales: Paplawski, Michael, Munnangi, Swapna, Digiacomo, Jody C., Gonzalez, Edwin, Modica, Ashley, Tung, Shawndeep S., Ko, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9274697