Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery

Register      Login

VOLUME 4 , ISSUE 2 ( May-August, 2015 ) > List of Articles

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Pneumothoraces on Computed Tomography Scan: Observation using the 35 Millimeter Rule is Safe

Catrina Cropano, Tomaz Mesar, David Turay, David King, Daniel Yeh, Peter Fagenholz, George Velmahos, Marc A de Moya

Citation Information : Cropano C, Mesar T, Turay D, King D, Yeh D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, de Moya MA. Pneumothoraces on Computed Tomography Scan: Observation using the 35 Millimeter Rule is Safe. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2015; 4 (2):48-53.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1116

License: NA

Published Online: 04-08-2015

Copyright Statement:  NA


Abstract

PDF Share
  1. The frequency and significance of thoracic injuries detected on abdominal CT scans of multiple trauma patients. J Trauma 1989;29(4):502-505.
  2. Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy. Injury 2012 Jan;43(1):46-50.
  3. Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for occult pneumothoraces in victims of major trauma. J Trauma 2005;59(4):917-925.
  4. Complication of tube thoracostomy for chest trauma. S Afr Med J 2009 Feb;99(2):114-117.
  5. Blunt traumatic occult pneumothorax: is observation safe?—results of a prospective, AAST multicenter study. J Trauma 2011;70(5):1019-1025.
  6. Occult pneumothorax in trauma patients: development of an objective scoring system. J Trauma 2007 Jul;63(1):13-17.
  7. An objective method to measure and manage occult pneumothorax. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1991;173(4):257-261.
  8. Tube thoracostomy for occult pneumothorax: a prospective randomized study of its use. J Trauma 1993;35(5):726-730.
  9. Treatment of occult pneumothoraces from blunt trauma. J Trauma 1999;46(6):987-990.
  10. Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy. Injury 2012;43(1):46-50.
  11. Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for occult pneumothoraces in victims of major trauma. J Trauma 2005;59(4):917-925.
  12. Morbidity of percutaneous tube thoracostomy in trauma patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22(5):673-678.
  13. Factores de Riesgo para el Desarrollo de Complicaciones en las Toracostomías Cerradas por Trauma. Panam J Trauma Critical Care Emerg Surg 2013;2(2):69-73.
  14. Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy. Injury 2012;43(1): 46-50.
  15. Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for occult pneumothoraces in victims of major trauma. J Trauma 2005;59(4):917-925.
  16. Morbidity of percutaneous tube thoracostomy in trauma patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22(5):673-678.
  17. Factores de Riesgo para el Desarrollo de Complicaciones en las Toracostomías Cerradas por Trauma. Panam J Trauma Critical Care Emerg Surg 2013;2(2):69-73.
PDF Share
PDF Share

© Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD.