Diagnosis of pleural effusion by portable ultrasound and chest radiography in intensive care unit

Pleural effusion (PE) is common among ICU and acutely ill patients. Traditionally plain chest radiography (CXR) has been done for pleural effusion evaluation in ICU. However, better results have been reported by ultrasound for the diagnosis of this condition in ICU. In this study, we compared two m...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Kasraei, Hamidreza Abtahi, Niloofar Eyoobi Yazdi, Enayat Safavi, Shahram Firoozbakhsh, Mostafa Mohammady
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-10-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-5253&slc_lang=en&sid=1