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Efficacy of extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma using a portable handheld device for detecting hemothorax in a low resource setting; a multicenter longitudinal study

INTRODUCTION: Chest trauma is one of the most important and commonest injuries that require timely diagnosis, accounting for 25–50% of trauma related deaths globally. Although CT scan is the gold standard for detection of haemothorax, it is only useful in stable patients, and remains unavailable in...

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Autores principales: Kithinji, Stephen Mbae, Lule, Herman, Acan, Moses, Kyomukama, Lauben, Muhumuza, Joshua, Kyamanywa, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36456990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-022-00942-y