TY - JOUR
T1 - Ludwig Traube
T2 - The Man and His Space
AU - Verghese, Abraham
AU - Krish, Guha
AU - Karnad, Anand
PY - 1992/4
Y1 - 1992/4
N2 - The detection of dullness to percussion in the left hemithorax raises the possibility of pleural effusion, consolidation, or atelectasis. Percussion of Traube’s space, a semilunar tympanitic area overlying the gas bubble in the stomach, is a valuable maneuver in this regard: obliteration of Traube’s space favors a pleural effusion. Knowledge of the remarkable life of Traube, and the ability to demonstrate the utility of his sign on rounds, provides an opportunity in a technologic age to remind the medical student of the romance of bedside medicine.
AB - The detection of dullness to percussion in the left hemithorax raises the possibility of pleural effusion, consolidation, or atelectasis. Percussion of Traube’s space, a semilunar tympanitic area overlying the gas bubble in the stomach, is a valuable maneuver in this regard: obliteration of Traube’s space favors a pleural effusion. Knowledge of the remarkable life of Traube, and the ability to demonstrate the utility of his sign on rounds, provides an opportunity in a technologic age to remind the medical student of the romance of bedside medicine.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400160019005
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400160019005
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 1558425
AN - SCOPUS:0026519587
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 152
SP - 701
EP - 703
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 4
ER -