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Table 2 Shows number of patients found with haemothorax by eFAST, X-ray and Thoracostomy

From: Efficacy of extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma using a portable handheld device for detecting hemothorax in a low resource setting; a multicenter longitudinal study

Modality

Frequency

Percentage

Thoracostomy

  

Hemothorax

51

49.0

No hemothorax

4

3.8

Thoracostomy not done

49

47.1

eFAST

  

No hemothorax

55

52.9

Hemothorax

49

47.1

X-ray

  

No hemothorax

81

77.9

Hemothorax

23

22.1

eFAST and X-ray

  

No hemothorax

54

51.9

Hemothorax present

50

48.1