Outcome of Concurrent Occult Hemothorax and Pneumothorax in Trauma Patients Who Required Assisted Ventilation

Outcome of Concurrent Occult Hemothorax and Pneumothorax in Trauma Patients Who Required Assisted Ventilation

Background. The management and outcomes of occult hemopneumothorax in blunt trauma patients who required mechanical ventilation are not well studied. We aimed to study patients with occult hemopneumothorax on mechanical ventilation who could be carefully managed without tube thoracostomy. Methods. C...

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Main Authors: Ismail Mahmood, Zainab Tawfeek, Ayman El-Menyar, Ahmad Zarour, Ibrahim Afifi, Suresh Kumar, Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/859130

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