Chest Injury
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Chest Injury Underlying Cause
Causes of chest injury include:
Motor vehicle accidents
Falls
Altercations
Sports injuries
Occupational injuries
Knife wounds
Gunshot wounds
Types of chest injury include:
Chest contusion
Rib fracture
Traumatic pneumothorax
Myocardial contusion
Pulmonary contusion
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Chest Injury Anatomy
Related Conditions
Chest contusion
Myocardial contusion
Pulmonary contusion
Rib fracture
Sternum fracture
Traumatic pneumothorax
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Last Updated: Oct 29, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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Chest Injury References:
Aihara R, Millham FH, Blansfield J, Hirsch EF. Emergency room thoracotomy for penetrating chest injury: effect of an institutional protocol. J Trauma. 2001 Jun;50(6):1027-30.
Ferguson M, Luchette FA. Management of blunt chest injury. Respir Care Clin N Am. 1996 Sep;2(3):449-66.
Nagy KK, Krosner SM, Roberts RR, Joseph KT, Smith RF, Barrett J. Determining which patients require evaluation for blunt cardiac injury following blunt chest trauma. World J Surg. 2001 Jan;25(1):108-11.
Sartorelli KH, Vane DW. The diagnosis and management of children with blunt injury of the chest. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2004 May;13(2):98-105.
Wanek S, Mayberry JC. Blunt thoracic trauma: flail chest, pulmonary contusion, and blast injury. Crit Care Clin. 2004 Jan;20(1):71-81.
