The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study
Abd Ella, T., Salem, S., Zytoon, A. (2021). The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study. EKB Journal Management System, 83(1), 1270-1278. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.165178
Tarek Fawzy Abd Ella; Shaheira Ahmed El-Sayed Salem; Ashraf Anas Zytoon. "The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study". EKB Journal Management System, 83, 1, 2021, 1270-1278. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.165178
Abd Ella, T., Salem, S., Zytoon, A. (2021). 'The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study', EKB Journal Management System, 83(1), pp. 1270-1278. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.165178
Abd Ella, T., Salem, S., Zytoon, A. The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 83(1): 1270-1278. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.165178

The Potential Benefit of Emergency Ultrasound Plus MDCT for The Diagnosis of Major Chest Trauma … A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 72, Volume 83, Issue 1, April 2021, Page 1270-1278  XML PDF (678.56 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.165178
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Authors
Tarek Fawzy Abd Ella1; Shaheira Ahmed El-Sayed Salem1; Ashraf Anas Zytoon email 2
1Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
2Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egyp
Abstract
Background: Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has established itselfas the preferred imaging modality for the evaluation of polytrauma patients owning to its significantly better ability in detecting tissue but patients are exposed to great amount of radiation during MDCT examination. Ultrasound has thebenefits of being reliable, dynamic, rapid, noninvasive technique and freed from radiation.
Objective: This study aims toascertain the role of transthoracic ultrasound for imaging blunt chest trauma patients and compared its sensitivity, specificity and accuracy to those of MDCT as a gold standard modality.
Patients and methods: This study was carried on 57 patients, 54 males (94.7%) and 3 were females (5.3%) and ages ranged from 5 to 60 years. All patients were exposed to major blunt chest trauma with or without associated polytrauma.
Results: With MDCT as the gold standard, the most common injury detected by ultrasound (US) was pleural in 89.5% of patients with 96% accuracy, chest wall lesions were found in 80.7% of patients with 95% diagnostic accuracy, parenchymal lesions were found in 64.9% of patients with 91% diagnostic accuracy and mediastinal lesions were detected in 3.5% with 91% diagnostic accuracy. The sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography varied for detecting thesubsequent pathologies: rib fracture (89% and 100%) subcutaneous emphysema (87% and100 %), hemothorax (94% and 100%), pneumothorax (89% and 100%), hydropneumothorax (81% and 100%), pulmonary contusions (82% and 100%), lung collapse (93% and 100%), lung laceration (100% and 100%) and hemopericardium (100% and100%), respectively.
Conclusions: Chest US proved its value for diagnosis of blunt thoracic injuries with acceptable sensitivity and high specificity, particularly for pleural, pericardial and parenchymal lung injuries.
 
Keywords
Chest; Blunt trauma; Ultrasound; Multidetector Computed tomography
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