Open AccessManagement of traumatic flail chest in intensive care unit: An experience from trauma center ICU
Author(s) -
Shashi Kant Mishra,
Manjaree Mishra,
Noor Bano,
Mohammad Zeeshan Hakim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_699_18
Subject(s) - medicine , flail chest , chest injury , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , trauma center , intubation , injury severity score , mortality rate , anesthesia , pulmonary contusion , visual analogue scale , pneumonia , sepsis , surgery , blunt , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , poison control , injury prevention
The thoracic injury and related complications are responsible for upto 25% of blunt trauma mortality. This study is designed to compare these two popular ventilation modes in traumatic flail chest.