February 2021: Speed of Sound: Rethink Probe Position to Find Occult Pneumothoraces-Video 3 of 3

Christine Butts, MD, says the finding of a lung point, or the point at which the parietal and visceral pleural layers come back together (and the pneumothorax stops), can be demonstrated to confirm further that the lack of sliding is caused by a pneumothorax, not another process. Note the sliding on the left side of the image, which disappears on the right. Read more in her column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound.
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