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Jarrett E Santorelli et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;93(1):e44-e45.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003601. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California.

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Not so FAST-Chest ultrasound underdiagnoses traumatic pneumothorax.
Santorelli JE, Chau H, Godat L, Casola G, Doucet JJ, Costantini TW. Santorelli JE, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jan 1;92(1):44-48. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003429. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022. PMID: 34932040
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax.
Kim DJ, Theyyunni N, Liu RB. Kim DJ, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jul 1;93(1):e43-e44. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003575. Epub 2022 Mar 14. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022. PMID: 35293371 No abstract available.

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