Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pneumothorax in Blunt Chest Trauma: A Correlation Study with Computed Tomography Thorax in Emergency Department Patients at Tertiary Care Centre in Salem, Tamil Nadu
Syed Abthahir Sirajudeen, Melvin Dominic, VK Sreelakshmi, Moturi Sai Vineeth, Pooja Rani, Jinka Venakata Durgaprasad, Senthil Kumar Manickam, P Panneerselvam · 2024
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Syed Abthahir Sirajudeen and seven co-authors compared bedside ultrasound with CT for finding collapsed lungs after chest injury in a 2024 paper. A pneumothorax, air leaking around the lung, can turn deadly if missed in blunt trauma. CT is the reference test, but it means radiation, transport, and time.
The study ran in an emergency department in Salem, India, on patients admitted from January 2021 to June 2022. Most injuries came from direct blows, with road crashes and falls also common. Nearly four in five patients had a pneumothorax, and blood or fluid collections were frequent too. The authors conclude that lung ultrasound gave a reliable, radiation-free diagnosis across these injuries.
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| CREATOR | Syed Abthahir Sirajudeen, Melvin Dominic, VK Sreelakshmi, Moturi Sai Vineeth, Pooja Rani, Jinka Venakata Durgaprasad, Senthil Kumar Manickam, P Panneerselvam |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |