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Case Report| Volume 32, ISSUE 7, P817.e1-817.e2, July 01, 2014

Prehospital ultrasound thoracic examination to improve decision making, triage, and care in blunt trauma

Published:January 09, 2014DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.063
Prehospital ultrasound thoracic examination to improve decision making, triage, and care in blunt trauma
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      Prehospital acute blunt thoracic trauma care remains difficult. Among then, diagnosis of atelectasis with ultrasound remains rare and unusual.
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      Publication History

      Published online: January 09, 2014
      Accepted: December 31, 2013
      Received in revised form: December 30, 2013
      Received: December 21, 2013

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.063

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