Comment on “Giant bullous emphysema mistaken for traumatic pneumothorax: A fatal case of pneumothorax” and role of the extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST)
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Diagnosis of Pneumothorax by Focused Assessment Sonography of Trauma(eFAST) and CT scan in Chest Trauma: Comparison of diagnostic accuracy
Abstract Aims and objectives: Pneumothorax is a common finding after trauma and with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from a concealed pneumothorax detectable only by a CT scan accidentally, to a potentially fatal tension pneumothorax. Pneumothorax can gradually progress to tension pneumothorax and become an emergency, consequently, a timely diagnosis is essential. Most traumatic patie...
متن کاملPneumothorax diagnosis by extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma.
To the Editor:The study by Brook et al1 of traumatic pneumothorax detection by extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST) used a diagnostic criterion of absence of both lung slide and comet tail signs. The resultant sensitivity of 47%, whereas substantially better than the 16% of plain chest radiography, was reasonably concluded to be “insufficient for ruling out small pneum...
متن کاملHand-held thoracic sonography for detecting post-traumatic pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST).
BACKGROUND Thoracic ultrasound (EFAST) has shown promise in inferring the presence of post-traumatic pneumothoraces (PTXs) and may have a particular value in identifying occult pneumothoraces (OPTXs) missed by the AP supine chest radiograph (CXR). However, the diagnostic utility of hand-held US has not been previously evaluated in this role. METHODS Thoracic US examinations were performed dur...
متن کاملExtended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (EFAST) in the diagnosis of pneumothorax: experience at a community based level I trauma center.
INTRODUCTION Early identification of pneumothorax is crucial to reduce the mortality in critically injured patients. The objective of our study is to investigate the utility of surgeon performed extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (EFAST) in the diagnosis of pneumothorax. METHODS We prospectively analysed 204 trauma patients in our level I trauma center over a period of 12 ...
متن کاملthe extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (efast) in blunt trauma patients: a cross sectional study
introduction trauma is the most common cause of death in youngsters. early detection of internal bleeding via imaging in trauma patients is important. the fast-extended method and the extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (efast) evaluates hemothorax and pneumothorax in addition to abdominopelvic bleedings and tamponade. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, after...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2210-2612
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.048