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chest

1. 
a. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the belly
b. (as modifier): a chest cold
2. a sealed container or reservoir for a gas
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It was determined that although flail chest incidence is the lowest, it has the highest mortality rate.
Comparison of Trauma Scoring Systems in Children with Chest Trauma/Gogus Travmali Cocuklarda Travma Puanlama Sistemlerinin Karsilastirilmasi
Addition of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to the treatment of flail chest. Ann Thorac Surg 2017;103:940-4.
Preoperative three-dimensional printing for surgical stabilization of rib fractures
Just under a decade ago in 2009 a survey undertaken among trauma surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, and thoracic surgeons (17) found that most of these professionals believed that nonoperative management was sufficient for flail chest. Since then that attitude seems to have changed towards a more operative approach and this has been supported by a number of RCTs.
Rib fracture fixation in a South African public trauma service
Reinforcement with rigid prosthesis such as methyl methacrylate or metallic plates are required to avoid anterior flail chest and protect mediastinal organs.
Total sternectomy with bilateral sternoclavicular joint excision for giant cell tumour sternum
Chest surgical stabilization is only indicated when the patient requires a thoracotomy for other reasons or has massive flail chest that might not be solved with mechanical ventilation [19].
Multidetector computer tomography: evaluation of blunt chest trauma in adults
He said Mr Ebbrell suffered a compound fracture to his right elbow, fractured pelvis and multiple fractures to his ribs, described as an "unstable flail chest".
100ft death plunge of moors paraglider; Man caught in 'spiral dive' in winds
"Let's needle him," Swartz said, after assessing a patient with a "flail chest," or multiple rib fractures, and trouble breathing.
Drill puts disaster response to the test
A flail chest occurs when three or more adjacent segmental rib fractures or five or more contiguous single fractures are present.
Advanced trauma life support radiographic trauma series: Part 2--the chest radiograph
Extrapulmonary thoracic disease such as flail chest or severe kyphoscoliosis.
Acid-base disorders-a quick, solid review
The trauma of the flail chest quickly pushed her into respiratory distress and then respiratory failure.
Making the trauma negligence case: emergency care facilities are chronically understaffed, overworked, and lacking in medical teams with experience in treating victims of trauma. Patients who urgently need competent medical care may suffer disastrous consequences
A comparative study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and intermittent pressure ventilation (IPPV) in patients with flail chest. Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 325-329.
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in the emergency unit
Clinical signs of thoracic aortic injury include evidence of external thoracic trauma, sternal fracture, hypotension, diminished or absent femoral pulses, upper extremity hypertension and flail chest. Because the physical exam and chest radiograph often are normal or nondiagnostic, the mechanism of injury should drive clinical suspicion and trigger emergent aortography.
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