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Chest Trauma, Penetrating Updated 12/2010

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BASICS

  • Etiology

DIAGNOSIS

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Essential Workup
  • Tests
  • Differential Diagnosis

TREATMENT

  • Pre-hospital
  • Initial Stabilization
  • ED Treatment
  • Medication (Drugs)
  • In-patient Considerations
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BASICS
Etiology
  • Gunshot wounds or stab wounds most common
  • Impalement on a sharp object from a fall can occur.

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Figure 9-152 LOWER RIB FRACTURES. Note the fracture lines through both the eleventh and twelfth ribs (arrows), with minimal displacement. COMMENT: The presence of fractures of the lower ribs warrants careful examination of the urinary system, especially renal function and structure. This should include an intravenous pyelogram and/or CT.Credit: Terry R. Yochum, Lindsay J. Rowe, Yochum And Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, Third Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
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