ReviewBulletin of emergency and trauma2013
Lung Contusion: A Clinico-Pathological Entity with Unpredictable Clinical Course.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.
- Classification methods of pulmonary contusion based on chest CT and the association with in-hospital outcomes: a systematic review of literature.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
- Definitions of hospital-acquired pneumonia in trauma research: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
- Exogenous surfactant for lung contusion causing ARDS: A systematic review of clinical and experimental reports.The clinical respiratory journal · 2024Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Post-Operative Pulmonary Infection in Patients With Brain Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Surgical infections · 2023Pooled it
- A clinically useful nomogram integrating bedside lung ultrasound and clinical parameters for pulmonary complications after non-thoracic surgery in blunt chest trauma patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Fraxinellone mitigates acute lung injury by targeting HIF-1α to suppress pyroptosis and inflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Utility of the Thoracic Trauma Severity Score in Predicting Outcomes in Isolated Thoracic Injuries:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2026Observational
- Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for pediatric post-traumatic pulmonary hemorrhage: A Case report and literature review.Trauma case reports · 2025Article
- Kidneys on the Frontline: Nephrologists Tackling the Wilds of Acute Kidney Injury in Trauma Patients-From Pathophysiology to Early Biomarkers.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pulmonary contusion volume and radiomics as predictors of early-onset pneumonia in trauma patients, a retrospective single-centre study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Observational
- Lung parenchymal trauma biomechanics, mechanisms, and classification: a narrative review of the current knowledge.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2025Review
- Author Response: Can Early Use of High-flow Nasal Cannula with Improved Study Design Make a Statistically Significant Difference in the Rate of Intubation in Patients with Post-traumatic Lung Contusion?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- The Role of Autopsy in Diagnosing Fatal Chest Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents: A Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impact of the Early Use of High-flow Nasal Cannula in Patients with Post-traumatic Lung Contusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in conjunction with veno-venous ECMO for traumatic chest wall injury: a multi-institutional case series from the Chest Wall Injury Society (CWIS).Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
- Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of fast whole-body MRI in slightly to moderately injured trauma patients.European radiology · 2025Article
- Lung contusion complicated by pneumonia worsens lung injury via the inflammatory effect of alveolar small extracellular vesicles on macrophages and epithelial cells.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025Article
- Identifying predictors of nosocomial pneumonia in trauma patients admitted to a level-1 trauma center.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- Effective protection of biological tissues from severe blunt force injury by engineered nanoscale liquid flow.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Lung contusion is an entity involving injury to the alveolar capillaries, without any tear or cut in the lung tissue. This results in accumulation of blood and other fluids within the lung tissue. The excess fluid interferes with gas exchange leading to hypoxia. The pathophysiology of lung contusion includes ventilation/perfusion mismatching, increased intrapulmonary shunting, increased lung water, segmental lung damage, and a loss of compliance. Clinically, patient's presents with hypoxiemia, hypercarbia and increase in laboured breathing. Patients are treated with supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation whenever indicated. Treatment is primarily supportive. Computed tomography (CT) is very sensitive for diagnosing pulmonary contusion. Pulmonary contusion occurs in 25-35% of all blunt chest traumas.
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