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Diagnostic accuracy of oblique chest radiograph for occult pneumothorax

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Occult pneumothorax
Registration Number
JPRN-jRCT1090220150
Lead Sponsor
Shokei Matsumoto
Brief Summary

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-016-0061-x

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria

All consecutive blunt chest trauma patients with clinically suspected pneumothorax on arrival at the ED were prospectively included at our trauma center.

Exclusion Criteria

Overt pneumothorax, patients require immediate invasive interventions, transferred from another hospital, an age younger than 18 years, refractory shock, cardiac arrest.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The performance of oblique chest radiograph for the detection of occult pneumothorax was compared to CT scans for the gold standard.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Oblique chest radiograph is compared with lung ultrasonography.
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