September 23rd, 2009 1181. Indications for ER thoracotomy // Should all hemothoraces be drained? No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1180. Complications of chest tube placement (8) // Management of subacute PTX // Amount of blood needed to blunt costophrenic angle in upright CXR // If hemothorax, what size chest tube? // Indications for OR thoracotomy No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1179. Management of penetrating chest trauma with asymptomatic patient and normal chest xray // Indications for chest tube // Placement and direction of chest tube // Indications for suction; how much suction? No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1178. Tension pneumo: pathophys, signs, Rx // Earliest sign of tension pneumo in intubated patient No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1177. Pulmonary contusion vs. ARDS // Most accurate way to follow pulmonary contusion and most common complication // Three types of pneumothorax // Three grades of pneumothorax by size No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1176. Localized chest wall subcutaneous air suggests what? At supraclavicular region or anterior neck? // Important complication of pneumomediastinum and usual precipitant of this complication // Physical exam sign of pneumomediastinum or pneumopericardium // Pulmonary contusion: pathophys, sx, Dx – when visible on chest xray? No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1175. Traumatic asphyxia: mechanism, s/sx, Rx // Causes of subcutaneous emphysema No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1174. Management of flail chest, indications for ETT // Nonpenetrating ballistic injury: 2 mechanisms, key principle No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1173. Diagnosis to rule out in sternal # // Management of isolated sternal # // Costochondral separation: signs, sx, Rx // Main cause of respiratory insufficiency with flail chest and diagnostic pitfall No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
September 23rd, 2009 1172. Issue with displaced rib fracture // Management of rib fracture – who to be concerned about and analgesic adjunct // Sternal fracture: mechanism, major injury association, diagnosis No Comments, .trauma-chest, by reuben. ShareGoogle +1FacebookTwitterRedditStumbleUponDiggEvernoteInstapaperEmailPrint Tags: card
