A new development in emergency department ultrasonography: Pleural Sliding Sound (PSS)

Authors

  • Sadik Abdullah Girisgin
  • Osman Karaoglan
  • Goknil Calik
  • Mehmet Ergin
  • Sedat Kocak
  • Basar Cander

Keywords:

Emergency ultrasonography, Chest sonography, Pneumothorax, Imaging, Respiratory, Resuscitation.

Abstract

Ultrasonography (USG) is widely used in emergency departments to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. An increasing number of studies in the unconventional use of USG in thorax and lung examination have been conducted in recent years. Sliding lung sound (SLS) has been researched extensively during the last decade was accepted as a radiologic sign in 2008. However, determining SLS requires a certain degree of clinical experience since it is a subjective indicator. We have discovered the

Published

2012-08-02

How to Cite

Girisgin, S. A., Karaoglan, O., Calik, G., Ergin, M., Kocak, S., & Cander, B. (2012). A new development in emergency department ultrasonography: Pleural Sliding Sound (PSS). Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 28(5). Retrieved from https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/17520

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 5 (2012): October - December 2012 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Special Communications