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doi: 10.3109/10903127.2012.710720.
Epub 2012 Aug 24.
Occult traumatic loculated tension pneumothorax--a sonographic diagnostic dilemma
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Occult traumatic loculated tension pneumothorax--a sonographic diagnostic dilemma
Prehosp Emerg Care.
2013 Jan-Mar.
Abstract
This case outlines a rarely seen disease in prehospital emergency care-namely, a traumatic loculated tension pneumothorax. Prehospital thoracic ultrasound as part of a standard extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (EFAST) algorithm failed to diagnose this life-threatening injury. We have subsequently added scanning the lateral chest wall in the fifth intercostal space to the algorithm.
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