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Ultrasound Int Open 2017; 03(03): E128-E129
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-108992
Letter to the Editor
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Lung Ultrasound for the Detection of Pneumothorax Might Be Misleading in Patients Following Lung Transplantation

Ines Schroeder
1   Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Thomas Weig
1   Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Lorenz Frey
1   Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Patrick Scheiermann
1   Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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received 07 February 2017
revised 07 February 2017

accepted 02 April 2017

Publication Date:
01 September 2017 (online)

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Key words

ultrasound - pneumothorax - lung transplantation
 

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