Canadian Association of General Surgeons and American College of Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery. 18. Treatment of occult pneumothoraces from blunt trauma

Question: Can occult pneumothoraces be safely observed without the need for a chest tube? Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: Two trauma centres in the United States. Patients: Thirty-nine patients with 44 pneumothoraces (defined as a pneumothorax seen on abdominal CT scan but not on an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian Journal of Surgery 2006-10, Vol.49 (5), p.358-361
Hauptverfasser:	Kirkpatrick, Andrew W, Stephens, Mary vanWijngaarden, Fabian, Tim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blunt trauma Care and treatment Clinical trials Evidence-based medicine Evidence-Based Surgery Medical treatment Pneumothorax Respiratory diseases Studies Thoracic surgery Trauma
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