External flail chest stabilization; The simple, low-cost way.

External Stabilization Flail Chest Respiratory Insufficiency Thoracic Trauma

Journal

Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research
ISSN: 2008-5117
Titre abrégé: J Cardiovasc Thorac Res
Pays: Iran
ID NLM: 101528712

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 15 01 2020
accepted: 30 09 2020
entrez: 30 7 2021
pubmed: 31 7 2021
medline: 31 7 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Flail chest is a life-threatening clinical entity which can be complicated by respiratory insufficiency. Paradoxical motion of a part of chest wall is the basic cause to put the blame on. Consequently, stabilization of the chest wall is occasionally of paramount importance to achieve early extubation in a patient with post-trauma respiratory insufficiency. Hereby, a simple, low cost, harmless and effective approach of external stabilization is presented.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34326973
doi: 10.34172/jcvtr.2020.58
pmc: PMC8302900
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

174-175

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Efstratios Apostolakis (E)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.

Nikolaos A Papakonstantinou (NA)

Cardiac Surgery Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.

Alexandra Liakopoulou (A)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.

Serafeim Chlapoutakis (S)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.

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