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Each year, millions of people are injured in car crashes, stabbings, and falls--and many of them depend on you for immediate treatment. ... Blunt chest trauma leads to a wide range of injuries, from relatively minor soft tissue wounds to fatal pulmonary and cardiac damage. A quick and accurate assessment can...
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OBJECTIVE: Rib fractures are the most common injuries resulting from blunt chest trauma. ... OBJECTIVE: Rib fractures are the most common injuries resulting from blunt chest trauma. The sensitivity of chest X-rays in showing the rib fractures is limited particularly in those involving the cartilage part of the rib.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/14500082
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This report describes a case of traumatic incomplete rupture of the ventricular septum, a rare complication caused by blunt chest trauma. ... This report describes a case of traumatic incomplete rupture of the ventricular septum, a rare complication caused by blunt chest trauma. Although a serial ECG progressed its...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16703199
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TRAUMA.ORG: Blunt Thoracic Trauma ... Dubinsky I, Low A. 'Non-life-threatening blunt chest trauma: appropriate investigation and treatment.' Am J Emerg Med 1997;15:240 ... Clark GC, Schecter WP, Trunkey DD. 'Variables affecting outcome in blunt chest trauma: Flail chest vs. pulmonary contusion.' J trauma 1990;30:93...
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www.trauma.org/archive/thoracic/CHESTflail.html
www.trauma.org/archive/thoracic/CHESTflail.html
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A widened mediastinum on chest xray in the blunt trauma victim is usually associated with aortic injury. Several technical factors of the ... Shulman, H.S., The Radiology of Blunt Chest Trauma, in Management of Blunt Trauma, R.Y. McMurtry and B.A. McLellan, Editors. 1990, Williams and Wilkins: Baltimore. p. 165-185.
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trauma.org/archive/thoracic/bluntthoracic.html
trauma.org/archive/thoracic/bluntthoracic.html
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By far, the most important cause of significant blunt chest trauma is motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). MVAs account for 70-80% of such injuries. As a result, preventive strategies to reduce MVAs have been instituted in the form of speed limit restriction and the use of restraints.
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www.emedicine.com/med/topic3658.htm
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Simple rib fractures are the most common injury sustained following blunt chest trauma, accounting for more than half of ... Simple rib fractures are the most common injury sustained following blunt chest trauma, accounting for more than half of thoracic injuries from nonpenetrating trauma. Approximately 10% of all...
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www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic204.htm
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Blunt trauma to the chest principally occurs from deceleration accidents. So falls, motor vehicle accidents and sports are the areas where this type of injury most frequently occurs. There are 5 major injuries that may occur in blunt chest trauma.
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www.justaskourdoctors.com/medical-detail.asp?id=5
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Chest trauma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chest trauma (or thoracic trauma ) is a serious injury of the chest. Thoracic trauma is a common cause of significant disability and mortality, the leading cause of death from physical trauma after...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_trauma
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