Sensitivity of Lung Ultrasound for Postsurgical Pneumothorax
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax
Background. Pneumothorax (PTX) still remains a common cause of morbidity in critically ill and ventilated neonates. At the present time, lung ultrasound (LUS) is not included in the diagnostic work-up of PTX in newborns despite of excellent evidence of reliability in adults. The aim of this study was to compare LUS, chest X-ray (CXR), and chest transillumination (CTR) for PTX diagnosis in a gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.074