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Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... • Diaphragm Injury ... • Esophageal Injury ... Lung: • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... present) • Pulmonary ... • Muscular Injury ... • Trauma
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
traumatic chest injury ... lung hernia, the cause ... noted after chest trauma ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... video #thoracic #trauma
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... such as trauma ... the underlying cause
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Ludwig's angina Trauma ... inhalation • Tracheal injury ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Tracheobronchial Injury ... • Esophageal Injury ... • Pulmonary Contusions ... Blunt Cardiac Injury ... Blunt Thoracic Injury
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... - Flail chest, pulmonary ... , pulmonary contusion ... cxr #chestxray #trauma
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... arise from blunt trauma ... following chest trauma ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Most commonly caused
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... below level of injury ... spinal artery injury ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma
Causes of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
Congenital Causes: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), Idiopathic
Acquired Causes: Post surgical, Penetrating
Causes of Pulmonary ... AVMs) Congenital Causes ... Idiopathic Acquired Causes ... surgical, Penetrating trauma ... Malformations #Pulmonary