Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS): The Fastest Way of Diagnosing and Treating Pneumothorax

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  • Ana Cochicho Ramalho Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Lusíadas, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Carolina Midões Serviço de Medicina Interna
  • João Costa Serviço de Medicina Interna
  • José Mariz Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

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Keywords:

Pneumothorax/diagnostic imaging, Pneumothorax/therapy, Point-of-Care Systems, Ultrasonography

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Mariz J, Silva R, Romano M, Gaspar A, Gonçalves AP, Silva JP et al. Ecografia à cabeceira do doente na medicina interna: uma mudança de paradigma na avaliação do doente agudo. Med Intern 2018; 25: 309-19. doi: 10.24950/rspmi/revisao/151/4/2018.

Varrias D, Palaiodimos L, Balasubramanian P, Barrera CA, Nauka P, Melainis AA, et al. The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. J Clin Med. 2021;10:3903. doi: 10.3390/jcm10173903.

Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory P. Point-of-Care Ultrasound. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.

Figure 1 - Ultrasound of the left thorax in M-mode showing the barcode/stratosphere sign

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2023-09-15

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Cochicho Ramalho, A., Midões, C., Costa, J., & Mariz, J. (2023). Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS): The Fastest Way of Diagnosing and Treating Pneumothorax. SPMI Case Reports, 1(3), 153–154. https://doi.org/10.60591/crspmi.77

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2023): Julho/Setembro

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Imagens em Medicina

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