Occult pneumothoraces in ventilated pediatric trauma patients: a review
Author(s) -
Courtney Fulton,
Ioana Bratu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.009314
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , pneumothorax , supine position , chest radiograph , pediatric trauma , pediatric intensive care unit , pediatrics , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , radiography , surgery , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , poison control , injury prevention , alternative medicine , pathology
Currently there is no clinical consensus on how to treat occult pneumothoraces in adults, and even less research has been done in children. We sought to understand the outcomes of severely injured, ventilated children with occult pneumothoraces.
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