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Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Protective equipment, including seatbelts and airbags, have dramatically reduced the morbidity and mortality rates associated with motor vehicle collisions (MVCs).
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Medicina, 2022 Flail chest is a severe type of multiple rib fracture that can cause ventilation problems and respiratory complications. Historically, flail chest has been mainly managed through pain control and ventilatory support as needed.
Chia-Jung Lin +3 more
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Titanium plate fixation of flail chest
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Introduction: We present short and long term outcomes of titanium rib plating in two pediatric patients with traumatic flail chest. Cases: Patient 1 is a 12 year old male ATV driver with left thorax handlebar impalement with a flail segment of ribs 4–8 ...
Muhammad Nadeem +3 more
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Stabilization of Flail Chest and Fractured Sternum by Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2015 We report a 55-year-old male patient with a massive flail chest that required chest stabilization by minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) employing a Nuss bar.
Murat Akkuş +4 more
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Predicting pneumonia during hospitalization in flail chest patients using machine learning approaches [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 ObjectivePneumonia is a common pulmonary complication of flail chest, causing high morbidity and mortality rates in affected patients. The existing methods for identifying pneumonia have low accuracy, and their use may delay antimicrobial therapy ...
Xiaolin Song +8 more
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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2003 Background. Major thoracic trauma is consistent with high mortality rate because of associated injuries of vital thoracic organs and dangerous complications.
Anton Crnjac, Peter Kadiš
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Journal of Chest Surgery, 2022 Flail chest is a critical medical condition in which multiple segmentally fractured adjacent ribs cause paradoxical movement of the thoracic cage in patients with severe blunt trauma injury.
Donghee Kim +3 more
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External flail chest stabilization; The simple, low-cost way [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2021 Flail chest is a life-threatening clinical entity which can be complicated by respiratory insufficiency. Paradoxical motion of a part of chest wall is the basic cause to put the blame on.
Efstratios Apostolakis +3 more
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The natural history of flail chest injuries
Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2017 Purpose: Flail chest (FC) injuries represent a significant burden on trauma services because of its high morbidity and mortality. Current gold standard conservative management strategies for FC, are now being challenged by renewed interest in surgical ...
Kamil Naidoo, Layth Hanbali, Peter Bates
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Chest Compression-Related Flail Chest Is Associated with Prolonged Ventilator Weaning in Cardiac Arrest Survivors [PDF]
, 2023 Chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be associated with iatrogenic chest wall injuries. The extent to which these CPR-associated chest wall injuries contribute to a delay in the respiratory recovery of cardiac arrest ...
Kunz, Kevin +6 more
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