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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... Implications Respiratory ... places - Flail chest ... leak after chest ... pattern in the chest
Flail Chest on Physical Exam

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

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#Flail
Flail Chest on Physical ... Anterior flail chest ... docvlok #Flail #Chest ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sign #respiratory
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... shows a flail chest ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... shows a flail chest ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... ) indicates an injury ... either a large injury ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
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 ... or CXR ● PaO2/
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
to a traumatic chest ... injury. ... is noted after chest ... #physicalexam # ... respiratory #breathing
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
• Decompress chest ... thoracostomy, chest ... tube • Consider chest ... source: Head/scalp, Chest ... blankets, forced-air
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... hump along may aid ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine