Needle Decompression in Appalachia Do Obese Patients Need Longer Needles?

INTRODUCTION: Needle decompression of a tension pneumothorax can be a lifesaving procedure. It requires an adequate needle length to reach the chest wall to rapidly remove air. With adult obesity exceeding one third of the United States population in 2010, we sought to evaluate the proper catheter l...

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Autors principals: Carter, Thomas Edward, Mortensen, Curtis Dee, Kaistha, Salita, Conrad, Christopher, Dogbey, Godwin
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2013
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Diagnostic Acumen
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876316/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381693
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2013.7.15844
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