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A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
Flail chest. ... #Chest #Breathing ... #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Causes of Dyspnea ... : • Airways: ... Chest Wall: - ... - Obesity - Flail ... chest • Neuromuscular
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... a flail chest, initially ... contusion Dr. ... #Chest #Breathing ... #trauma #pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... a flail chest, initially ... contusion Dr. ... #Chest #Breathing ... #trauma #pulmonary
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
 •
Chest Trauma Complications ... Aortic Rupture* Chest ... Fractures • Flail ... Injury Lung: • Pulmonary ... #Causes
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... fracture-dislocation - Airway ... more places - Flail ... chest, pulmonary ... air leak after chest
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
encephalitis, Tumor, Trauma ... Stimulation of chest ... receptors: Hemothorax, Flail ... chest, Cardiac ... Airway: Obstruction
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
His dyspnea continued ... monitored for airway ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest