Fort Carson, Colo. - U.S. Army Capt. William Clark, a physician's assistant (PA) with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th ...

Derivation and Validation of Two Decision Instruments for Selective Chest CT in Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study (NEXUS Chest CT). PLOS Medicine, 2015; 12 (10): e1001883 ...

An AI chest x-ray reader could provide near instantaneous interpretations. And AIs will never need to take lunch breaks or get distracted by noisy working conditions or complain about working 24 ...

The insertion of a chest tube is a common procedure in trauma care, and the Advanced Trauma Life Support program teaches the insertion of chest tubes as an essential and life-saving skill. The purpose ...

A myocardial contusion happens as a result of blunt force trauma. Your heart is well-protected by the bones of your chest, so it takes a lot of force to damage it. The most common causes are: ...

Chest X-ray showing collapsed lung, or pneumothorax. Image courtesy of Rachael Callcut, MD. New artificial intelligence-powered technology may soon help reduce delays in diagnosing a collapsed lung, ...

Small-airway obstruction, which cannot be seen with conventional X-rays, was observed in a virtual chest X-ray enhanced by phase-contrast imaging, according to study results published in ...

However, patients receiving chest x-ray vs low-dose CT did not demonstrate clinically meaningful differences in 5-year survival outcomes — 89.2% vs 92.3%, respectively, for overall survival and ...

Using a deep-learning AI model, researchers have turned the humble chest X-ray into a more powerful tool for diagnosing heart problems. They say their novel approach could be used as a quick and ...