Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm

Marc de Moya¹, Karen J Brasel, Carlos V R Brown+10

• ¹From the Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin (M.dM.), Milwaukee, WI; Oregon Heatlh Science University (K.J.B.), Portland, OR; Department of Surgery, Dell Medical School (C.V.R.B.), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine (J.L.H.), Indianapolis, IN; Department of Surgery, University of Southern California (K.I.), Los Angeles, CA; Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (E.J.L.), Los Angeles, CA; Department of Surgery, Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma center (E.E.M.), Denver, CO; Department of Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital (K.A.P., M.J.M.), San Diego, CA; Department of Surgery, Inova Trauma Center (A.G.R.), Falls Church, VA; Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital (N.G.R.), Cincinnati, OH; Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh (J.S.), Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (J.A.W.), Phoenix, AZ.