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European Radiology, 2000
In western European countries most blunt chest traumas are associated with motor vehicle and sport-related accidents. In Switzerland, 39 of 10,000 inhabitants were involved and severely injured in road accidents in 1998. Fifty two percent of them suffered from blunt chest trauma.
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In western European countries most blunt chest traumas are associated with motor vehicle and sport-related accidents. In Switzerland, 39 of 10,000 inhabitants were involved and severely injured in road accidents in 1998. Fifty two percent of them suffered from blunt chest trauma.
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New horizons (Baltimore, Md.), 1994
Chest trauma remains the major initiating cause of respiratory failure in the trauma patient. The degree of injury can be substantially modified with appropriate early preventive and treatment measures. The lung injury itself can be divided into early and late phases. The early phase is primarily the result of mechanical forces transmitted to the chest.
R H, Demling, E A, Pomfret
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Chest trauma remains the major initiating cause of respiratory failure in the trauma patient. The degree of injury can be substantially modified with appropriate early preventive and treatment measures. The lung injury itself can be divided into early and late phases. The early phase is primarily the result of mechanical forces transmitted to the chest.
R H, Demling, E A, Pomfret
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Blunt chest trauma: case report
Critical Care Nurse, 1999Care of patients with blunt cardiac trauma is challenging for bedside nurses because of the potentially elusive and subtle nature of clinical findings associated with such trauma. An understanding of the forces exerted during the trauma episode will assist nurses in the assessment and search for hidden injuries.
M B, Flynn, S, Bonini
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Pneumoscrotum After Blunt Chest Trauma
Urology, 2011Pneumoscrotum, the accumulation of air inside the scrotum, is a rare complication associated with blunt chest trauma. We report a case of severe subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, and pneumoscrotum after blunt chest trauma in a 44-year-old man. He presented with progressive swelling of the neck that descended to
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Severe chest pain after blunt chest trauma
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2010A 72-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department after falling down from ladder while attempting to clean the ceiling. Severe anterior chest pain was noted during physical examination. Her vital signs are stable, and laboratory results are unremarkable.
W-J, Lee, H-Y, Lin
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1980
Breast augmentation is being done increasingly, not only for women who consider their breasts too small but also for those with breast asymmetry, and post-mastectomy patients with reconstruction. It appears inevitable that traumatologists will have to evaluate injury to an augmented breast in a patient who has sustained blunt chest trauma.
A L, Dellon, R A, Cowley, J E, Hoopes
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Breast augmentation is being done increasingly, not only for women who consider their breasts too small but also for those with breast asymmetry, and post-mastectomy patients with reconstruction. It appears inevitable that traumatologists will have to evaluate injury to an augmented breast in a patient who has sustained blunt chest trauma.
A L, Dellon, R A, Cowley, J E, Hoopes
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2002
Blunt chest injury is among the most-common types of injuries seen in modern civilization — most are caused by traffic crashes. They account for a large number of fatalities; many of them could be prevented by proper treatment. It is not the scope of this review to discuss in detail all the aspects of blunt chest trauma, but rather to concentrate on ...
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Blunt chest injury is among the most-common types of injuries seen in modern civilization — most are caused by traffic crashes. They account for a large number of fatalities; many of them could be prevented by proper treatment. It is not the scope of this review to discuss in detail all the aspects of blunt chest trauma, but rather to concentrate on ...
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Archives of Surgery, 1978
Blunt Chest Trauma is a monograph of nine chapters and 247 pages dealing with thoracic injuries incurred in modern "contact" society. The motor vehicle is the prime source of such injuries, but contact sports, falls from heights, and industrial accidents provide not insignificant numbers. The book deals exclusively with blunt injuries.
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Blunt Chest Trauma is a monograph of nine chapters and 247 pages dealing with thoracic injuries incurred in modern "contact" society. The motor vehicle is the prime source of such injuries, but contact sports, falls from heights, and industrial accidents provide not insignificant numbers. The book deals exclusively with blunt injuries.
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Australian nursing journal (July 1993), 1999
Blunt chest trauma represents a challenge to both nurses and physicians due to the frequent absence of clinical signs. When evaluating or predicting blunt chest trauma several components are important to remember.
J, Musto, J, Petersen
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Blunt chest trauma represents a challenge to both nurses and physicians due to the frequent absence of clinical signs. When evaluating or predicting blunt chest trauma several components are important to remember.
J, Musto, J, Petersen
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Management of Blunt Chest Trauma
Surgical Clinics of North AmericaCommon mechanisms of blunt thoracic injury include motor vehicle collisions and falls. Chest wall injuries include rib fractures and sternal fractures; treatment involves supportive care, multimodal analgesia, and pulmonary toilet. Pneumothorax, hemothorax, and pulmonary contusions are also common and may be managed expectantly or with tube ...
Jared, Griffard, Lisa M, Kodadek
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