ArticleJournal of emergencies, trauma, and shock2012
Sonographic diagnosis of pneumothorax.
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- Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of Lung Ultrasonography and Chest Radiography for Detecting Pneumothorax in Patients with Trauma: A Meta-Analysis.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Helicopter emergency medical services use of thoracic point of care ultrasound for pneumothorax: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Chest ultrasonography versus supine chest radiography for diagnosis of pneumothorax in trauma patients in the emergency department.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Pneumothorax effects on pulmonary acoustic transmission.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2015Trial
- Lung Imaging in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: From Physics to Bedside Applications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Automated Pneumothorax Detection Via Novice-Acquired Ultrasound After Chest Tube Removal: Comparison With Expert Interpretation and Chest Radiography.CHEST pulmonary · 2026Article
- A GAVeCeLT bundle for chest-port insertion: The SIC-Port protocol.The journal of vascular access · 2026Article
- Advances in bedside imaging: lung ultrasound.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2025Review
- Bilateral Lung Points without Pneumothorax: Exploring "Lung Point" Mimics.POCUS journal · 2025Article
- Outcomes and Complications of Thoracentesis in Hospitalized Patients.Southern medical journal · 2025Article
- Standardized bilateral thoracic ultrasound image comparison as a tool for the diagnosis of pneumothorax: a pilot exploratory study.Journal of ultrasonography · 2025Article
- A Practical Approach to Pneumothorax Management.Pulmonary therapy · 2025Article
- Lung Ultrasound in Mechanical Ventilation: A Purposive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pitfall of lung ultrasound in the quantification of pneumothorax.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
- Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Transthoracic Ultrasound for the Assessment of Spontaneous Pneumothorax in the Emergency Setting: A Multicentric Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Pneumothorax Identified by a Remote Physician Using Paramedic-obtained Tele-ultrasound: Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous tracheostomy: a risk-based protocol.The ultrasound journal · 2024Article
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- Diagnostic value of pulsed wave doppler in pneumothorax: a prospective study.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Multiorgan Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment in Critically Ill Adults.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Lung sonography has rapidly emerged as a reliable technique in the evaluation of various thoracic diseases. One important, well-established application is the diagnosis of a pneumothorax. Prompt and accurate diagnosis of a pneumothorax in the management of a critical patient can prevent the progression into a life-threatening situation. Sonographic signs, including 'lung sliding', 'B-lines' or 'comet tail artifacts', 'A-lines', and 'the lung point sign' can help in the diagnosis of a pneumothorax. Ultrasound has a higher sensitivity than the traditional upright anteroposterior chest radiography (CXR) for the detection of a pneumothorax. Small occult pneumothoraces may be missed on CXR during a busy trauma scenario, and CXR may not always be feasible in critically ill patients. Computed tomography, the gold standard for the detection of pneumothorax, requires patients to be transported out of the clinical area, compromising their hemodynamic stability and delaying the diagnosis. As ultrasound machines have become more portable and easier to use, lung sonography now allows a rapid evaluation of an unstable patient, at the bedside. These advantages combined with the low cost and ease of use, have allowed thoracic sonography to become a useful modality in many clinical settings.
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