Blunt traumatic occult pneumothorax: Is observation safe?-results of a prospective, AAST multicenter study

Forrest O. Moore, Pamela W. Goslar, Raul Coimbra, George Velmahos, Carlos V.R. Brown, Thomas B. Coopwood, Lawrence Lottenberg, Herb A. Phelan, Brandon R. Bruns, John P. Sherck, Scott H. Norwood, Stephen L. Barnes, Marc R. Matthews, William S. Hoff, Marc A. De Moya, Vishal Bansal, Charles K.C. Hu, Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Fausto Vinces, Karl PembaurDavid M. Notrica, James M. Haan

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1019-1025
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
Volume70
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

  • Computed tomography
  • Occult pneumothorax
  • Tube thoracostomy

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