Open AccessChest Trauma Experience: Incidence, associated factors, and outcomes among patients in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Waseem Hajjar,
Sami Alnassar,
Omar Almutair,
Abdulrahman Alfahadi,
Nawaf H Aldosari,
Sultan Ayoub Meo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3842
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , pneumothorax , hemothorax , incidence (geometry) , chest injury , etiology , chest tube , blunt , head injury , flail chest , pulmonary contusion , emergency department , surgery , physics , psychiatry , optics
Worldwide chest trauma is considered one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. There is a lack of sufficient information on the etiology, pattern, and management of these injuries in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the current study was conducted to determine the spectrum of chest trauma and its associated factors among patients admitted to King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.