[Management of Thoracic Trauma]. / Thoraxtrauma: Diagnostik und Therapie.
Zentralbl Chir
; 142(4): 421-427, 2017 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Patients with a thoracic trauma are commonly treated by large bore chest tube thoracostomy and appropriate analgesia. The initial treatment is determined by the assessment of the emergency doctor and/or trauma surgeon. Severe intrathoracic lesions in polytrauma patients are rare. However, such injuries may be acutely life-threating. After primary stabilisation of the patients, imaging studies should be performed to assess the extent of the injuries and determine the treatment of choice. Assessment of such injuries should always be performed in a multidisciplinary team of anaesthesiologists, general surgeons, trauma surgeons and thoracic surgeons. For this reason, patients with thoracic traumas should always be treated in specialised centers. This approach reduces overall mortality and shortens the length of hospital stay.
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Traumatismos Torácicos
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Toracostomia
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Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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Europa
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Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article