[Pneumothorax in intensive care patients. The value of tangential views].
In 55 intensive-care patients an additional tangential view of the chest was taken to demonstrate or exclude a pneumothorax in patients with sudden deterioration of gas exchange and negative ap-chest x-ray, if there was a suspicion of pneumothorax or a confirmed small pneumothorax in the ap-view. In 14 of 42 cases (33.3%) with negative or suspected ap-chest x-ray the tangential view revealed a pneumothorax. 6 of these 14 pneumothoraces were under tension. In 7 out of 11 patients (63.6%) with small pneumothorax, the tangential view showed additionally a tension pneumothorax.
Jantsch
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H
Röntgenabteilung, Chir. Univ. Klinik.
Winkler
M
M
Pichler
W
W
Mauritz
W
W
Lechner
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*
Pneumothorax beim Intensivpatienten: Die Wertigkeit von Tangentialaufnahmen.