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Shifting the Paradigm: Can We Manage Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Occult Traumatic Pneumothorax Conservatively?

Background: Clinically significant pneumothoraces in patients on mechanical ventilation can be dangerous as positive pressure ventilation can cause an increase in intrapleural pressure and trigger tension physiology. Occult pneumothoraces are those not suspected clinically or not evident on plain radiographs ...

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Thoracic and RespiratoryTrauma

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