Diagnosis of pneumothorax by ultrasonography

In this case report, we present two male cases dispatched to our department because of penetrating thorax trauma with had normal lung sounds that finally diagnosed pneumothorax by ultrasonography.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Diagnosis of pneumothorax, haemothorax and lung contusion by using ultrasound in cases with thoracic trauma takes part in emergency medicine and intensive care literature in the last decade.

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Key Findings & Data:In addition to insufficient number of prospective, controlled studies about the topic, case reports are also few.

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Conclusion & Impact:In this case report, we present two male cases dispatched to our department because of penetrating thorax trauma with had normal lung sounds that finally diagnosed pneumothorax by ultrasonography.

🔬Design:Research Article

📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample

⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Diagnosis of pneumothorax, haemothorax and lung contusion by using ultrasound in cases with thoracic trauma takes part in emergency medicine and intensive care literature in the last decade. In addition to insufficient number of prospective, controlled studies about the topic, case reports are also few. In this case report, we present two male cases dispatched to our department because of penetrating thorax trauma with had normal lung sounds that finally diagnosed pneumothorax by ultrasonography.

Özet

Toraks travmalı olgularda ultrasonografi ile pnömotoraks, hemotoraks ve akciğer kontüzyonunun tanımlanması son 10 yıldır Acil Tıp ve Yoğun Bakım literatüründe yer almaktadır. Konuyla ilgili ileriye dönük, kontrollü çalışmaların sayısı yetersiz olmakla birlikte olgu bildirimleri de az sayıdadır. Bu yazıda toraks bölgesinde bıçaklanma yaralanmasıyla acil servise aynı anda getirilen iki erkek olgu sunuldu. Olgularda akciğer sesleri normaldi, akciğer radyografisi çekilemedi yapılan ultasonografide pnömotoraks saptandı.

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ERGÜN, N., ARSLAN, O., SİVRİKOZ, C., DÖNER, E., ŞAHİN, A., ÇEVİK, A. A., KAYA, Ş. (2022). Diagnosis of pneumothorax by ultrasonography. Türkiye Acil Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 4, 176–180. https://ajindex.com/articles/625793

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