Practical Summaries in Acute Care Archives – January 1, 2007

January 1, 2007

• Probing further: Ultrasound evaluation of pneumothoraces

  Using bedside ultrasound to detect pneumothoraces was first introduced in a veterinary journal in 1987. In 1989, Wernecke and colleagues published the first report on the ability of ultrasound to diagnose pneumothoraces in humans.

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