Hand-held portable sonography for the on-mountain exclusion of a pneumothorax.
Kirkpatrick
A W
AW
Section of Trauma Services, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, British Columbia, Canada. andykirk@istar.ca
Brown
D R
DR
Crickmer
S
S
Mohr
B P
BP
Hamilton
D R
DR
Cunningham
J
J
Walden
P D
PD
Nicolaou
S
S
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012865:Skiing; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*