Open Chest Wounds and Flail Chest

Jacob J. Glaser; Carlos J. Rodriguez

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85047-0_26

Open Chest Wounds and Flail Chest

Jacob J. Glaser^*, Carlos J. Rodriguez

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Abstract

Thoracic injuries are commonly associated with penetrating and blunt abdominal trauma and are implicated in 50–70% of trauma deaths (LoCicero J, Mattox KL, Surg Clin North Am 69:15–19, 1989). Cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, massive hemothorax, airway obstruction, flail chest, and open pneumothorax represent the six immediately life-threatening injuries attributed to chest trauma (The trauma manual. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, 2000). Accordingly, they must be accurately identified and dealt with urgently.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures, Second Edition
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	141-143
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030850470
ISBN (Print)	9783030919931
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85047-0_26
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chest trauma
Flail chest
Open pneumothorax
Thoracic trauma

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