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Occult Pneumothorax in Patients With Blunt or Penetrating Trauma

NCT04188938 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2019-12-06

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Summary

Pneumothorax is a common life-threatening complication, frequently seen in patients who have been admitted to the emergency department and intensive care unit. This study aimed to describe the features of patients with pneumothorax due to blunt or penetrating trauma. A total of 615 patients admitted to the emergency department between January 2008 and December 2010 due to multi-trauma, and underwent both chest x-ray and computed chest tomography were included in the study. There were 157 patients with a diagnosis of pneumothorax. Fifty-five of them were excluded because of the eligible criteria. The final study population included 105 patients. The computed chest tomography reading was considered as the gold standard for the occult pneumothorax diagnosis. Data on patient characteristics, trauma types, accompanied traumas, etiology of the chest trauma, and chest x-ray, and computed chest tomography results were recorded.

Conditions

  • Pneumothorax; Acute
  • Trauma Chest

Interventions

OTHER

Evaluation of occult pneumothorax in who had a blunt or penetrating chest trauma

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European University of Lefke

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Semra Aslay, M.D. · European University of Lefke

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-01
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-04-19

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