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THE TREATMENT OF FLAIL CHEST INJURY
Author(s) -
Baker A. B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb04261.x
Subject(s) - medicine , flail chest , chest injury , intensive care medicine , surgery , blunt
Flail chest injuries are traditionally managed by long‐term artificial ventilation, which in itself is hazardous and expensive. A more conservative therapeutic regime is described, and the results of this regime are compared with those following the previous traditional regime used in the Respiratory Unit, Royal Brisbane Hospital. The place of artificial ventilation in relation to spontaneous ventilation is redefined in the context of this new regime.