Pneumothorax echocardiography

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

There are no echocardiography findings associated with pneumothorax. Ultrasonography will show absence of lung sliding, absence of comet-tail artifact, and presence of lung point. Pneumothorax detection is part of the FAST examination in trauma centers.

• There are no echocardiography findings associated with pneumothorax.

The ultrasonography findings are as follows:^[1]

• In trauma centers, pneumothorax detection is part of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) examination^[2]
• Absence of lung sliding, absence of comet-tail artifact, and presence of lung point^[3]
• Sliding movement at the pleura indicates the absence of a pneumothorax

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