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My patient is injured: identifying foreign bodies with ultrasound

Patients commonly present to the emergency department with a suspected retained foreign body, following penetrating injury. While plain radiography is often the first line in identifying radio-opaque foreign bodies, radiolucent foreign bodies such as wood and plastic can easily be missed. Furthermor...

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Published in:Ultrasound
Main Authors: Lewis, David, Jivraj, Aman, Atkinson, Paul, Jarman, Robert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760591/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433254
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742271X15579950
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