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Flail Chest on Physical Exam

Anterior flail chest post MVA, see seatbelt sign as another clue

Neville @docvlok

#Flail
Flail Chest on Physical ... chest post MVA, ... #Chest #PhysicalExam ... #pulmonary #seatbelt ... #sign #respiratory
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... movement Typical management ... #Pattern #Trauma ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... Implications Respiratory ... more places - Flail ... chest, pulmonary ... air leak after chest
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Tamponade • Flail ... Chest The Hidden ... • Pulmonary Contusions ... Blunt Cardiac Injury ... #diagnosis #management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... on chronic resp acidosis ... deformity (facial trauma ... pneumothorax. esophageal injury ... #criticalcare #management
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 ... failure, Pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... infiltrates on chest ... • Signs/Symptoms ... scattered crackles, chest
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... inflammatory lung injury ... be detected on CT ... cause such as trauma
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
• Decompress chest ... thoracostomy, chest ... tube • Consider chest ... skin, ↑ HR, ↓ cap ... source: Head/scalp, Chest
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... chest to evaluate ... typically seen on chest ... CT ... differential #diagnosis #management