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Occult traumatic hemothorax: when can sleeping dogs lie?
John F Bilello1, James W Davis, Deborah M Lemaster
1Department of Surgery, Trauma/Critical Care, University Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Campus, 445 S. Cedar Ave., Fresno, CA 93702, USA. jbilellomd@communitymedical.org
American Journal of Surgery
|November 26, 2005
Summary
Computed axial tomography (CAT) can define traumatic occult hemothorax size. A 1.5 cm measurement on CAT predicts the need for drainage in blunt trauma patients.
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