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- Title
Lung Ultrasound in Postprocedural Pneumothorax.
- Authors
Elia, Fabrizio; Ferrari, Giovanni; Molino, Paola; Aprà, Franco
- Abstract
The article discusses the case of an 84-year-old man who was admitted to a medical center after experiencing dyspnea for a week. The patient has a history of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severe aortic stenosis. Some medical procedures performed on the patient are thoracentesis and bedside ultrasound. It claims that lung ultrasound is a simple and useful tool for pneumothorax diagnosis.
- Subjects
DISEASES in older people; DYSPNEA; DIABETES; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; AORTIC stenosis; MEDICAL imaging systems
- Publication
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 7, pe81
- ISSN
1069-6563
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00782.x