Citation

Geelhoed GW. Am. Fam. Physician 1978; 17(2): 100-106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, American Academy of Family Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

622937

Abstract

Blunt or penetrating trauma to the chest can cause several life-threatening conditions: open or closed pneumothorax, each with or without hemothorax; flail chest; pericardial tamponade, and injury to other structures in the chest--the esophagus, trachea or great vessels. Any trauma sufficient to compromise function of thoracic organs must also be suspect for extrathoracic injuries, especially to the spleen and other abdominal viscera.

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