Abstract: Lives can be saved if the physician treating the patient with blunt trauma to the chest recognizes flail chest and begins therapy immediately. The severity of the injury determines the therapeutic approach. Ventilatory support may be sufficient, or the patient may require external compression or retraction, positive pressure ventilation, surgical fixation, or a combination of these procedures.
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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