Predictors of pleural decompression in blunt traumatic occult hemothorax: A retrospective study [PDF]
Archives of Trauma Research, 2018 Background: The increased use of computed tomography (CT) results in higher occult hemothorax detection in blunt chest trauma. The indication for pleural decompression is not well defined.
Pawit Sriprasit +4 more
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Rib fracture characteristics increasing the risk of hemothorax: a multicenter study
Scientific ReportsThe precise assessment of hemothorax risk resulting from a rib fracture is not feasible. CT images, patient characteristics, and clinical experience are utilized in daily practice to assess risk intuitively.
Sercan Aydın +5 more
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VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY FOR CLOTTED HEMOTHORAX IN PATIENTS WITH PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA [PDF]
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2016 BACKGROUND. Clotted hemothorax is the most common complication of the chest injury requiring surgical treatment in most patients.MATERIAL AND METHODS. Videothoracoscopy was performed in 51 patients with complications of penetrating chest trauma in 2011 ...
O. V. Voskresensky +2 more
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An Electronic Device Floating in Hemothorax: When POCUS Helps to FOCUS
Clinical Case ReportsCardiac perforation associated with hemothorax represents an extremely rare complication following pacemaker implantation. We describe a case of right ventricular lead perforation through the pericardium resulting in a massive left‐sided hemothorax ...
Julien Higny +3 more
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Severe hemothorax due to traumatic fracture of thoracic vertebra
Surgical Case ReportsBackground Hemothorax occurs in approx. 0.4% of all chest injury patients, but hemothorax due to a thoracic vertebral fracture is rare. Case presentation A 76-year-old Japanese man was transported to our hospital for right hemothorax due to a car ...
Keigo Ozono +5 more
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Pulmonary spindle cell carcinoma presenting with hemothorax [PDF]
, 2022 application/pdfSpontaneous hemothorax is less common. We report the case of an 83-year-old woman with spontaneous hemothorax caused by lung cancer with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis. She presented with chest pain and hemoptysis.
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Hemothorax After Retroclavicular Approach to the Infraclavicular Region in a Critically Ill Patient: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2023 The retroclavicular approach to the infraclavicular region (RAPTIR) is a recently described locoregional technique for upper limb analgesia that offers advantages over the classic infraclavicular block.
Teixeira, Carla Margarida +4 more
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Spontaneous Bilateral Idiopathic Hemothorax
, 2020 Spontaneous hemothorax is defined by the presence of blood in the pleural cavity, outside any traumatic context. Idiopathic spontaneous hemothorax is an extremely rare form of spontaneous hemothorax, in which there is no apparent cause that justifies ...
Belliraj, Layla +3 more
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Catastrophic hemothorax on the contralateral side of the insertion of an implantable subclavian venous access device and the ipsilateral side of the removal of the infected port -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 The percutaneous placement of a totally implantable vascular access port via the subclavian vein is commonly used in patients with a need for multiple intravenous infusions such as administration of chemotherapy.
Ji-Heui Lee +7 more
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Delayed post-traumatic hemothorax [PDF]
, 2012 Intrathoracic bleeding may occur following blunt chest trauma, and can be classified as minimal, moderate or massive, according to the amount of blood present. The diagnosis of hemothorax is established by clinical examination, plain chest radiograph or,
Mazin AM. Tuma +2 more
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