ArticleThe Indian journal of surgery2018
An Analysis of Presentation, Pattern and Outcome of Chest Trauma Patients at an Urban Level 1 Trauma Center.
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- Mortality of traumatic chest injury and its predictors across sub-saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Mortality risk factors in chest trauma patients in a level one trauma center in southern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Closed Tube Thoracostomy Morbidity Rate in a Philippine Tertiary Government Hospital: 6-Year Review.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
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- Streamlining management in thoracic trauma: radiomics- and AI-based assessment of patient risks.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Thoracic trauma in national hospital Abuja, Nigeria: The epidemiology, injury severity and initial management options.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2023Article
- The relationship between the presence of scapula fracture and mortality and morbidity in cases with blunt thoracic trauma.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Pattern, Management, and Outcomes of Chest Injury At Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre.The East African health research journal · 2023Article
- Clinical-epidemiological evaluation of victims of thoracic trauma in a reference hospital in Aracaju-SE.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2023Observational
- Tailored Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures Matters More Than the Number of Fractured Ribs.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Blunt thoracic trauma: role of chest radiography and comparison with CT - findings and literature review.Emergency radiology · 2022Review
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- Blunt trauma related chest wall and pulmonary injuries: An overview.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2020Review
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Abstract
Chest trauma is an important public health problem accounting for a substantial proportion of all trauma admissions and deaths. It directly account for 20-25 % of deaths due to trauma. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the presentation, patterns, and outcome of chest trauma in a level-1 urban trauma center. It was a prospective observational study of all patients presented with chest trauma to an urban level 1-trauma center over a period of 3 years. Demographic profile, mechanism of injury, injury severity scores (ISS), associated injuries, hospital stay, etc. were recorded. Morbidity and mortality rates were analyzed and compared with the published literature. Chest injuries comprised 30.9 % of all trauma admissions and the mechanism was blunt in majority (83.5 %) of the cases. Vehicular crashes (59.7 %) followed by assault were the most common modes of injury. Rib fracture was the most common chest injury seen in 724 of the 1258 patients while abdominal visceral injuries were the commonest associated injuries in polytrauma cases. Majority of the patients were managed non-operatively. Inter costal tube drainage (ICD) was the main stay of treatment in 75 % of the cases, whereas, thoracotomy was required only in 5.56 % of the patients. Overall mortality was 11 % and it was found to be significantly higher following blunt chest trauma. We observed that associated extra thoracic injuries resulted in higher mortality as compared to isolated chest injuries. Thoracic injuries can be readily diagnosed in the emergency department by meticulous and repeated clinical evaluation and majority require simple surgical procedures to prevent immediate mortality and long-term morbidity.
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