Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
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There are conflicting data regarding the accuracy of thoracic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in detecting traumatic pneumothorax (PTX). The purpose of our study was to determine the accuracy of thoracic POCUS performed by emergency physicians for the detection of clinically significant PTX in blunt and penetrating trauma patients. ⋯ Thoracic POCUS accurately identifies the majority of clinically significant PTXs in both blunt and penetrating trauma patients. Common themes for false-negative thoracic US in the expert-blinded overread process identified key gaps in training to inspire US education and medical education research.