Author/Authors
AFACAN, Mustafa Ahmet istanbul Haydarpaþa Numune Egitim ve Araþtirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , BÜYÜKCAM, Fatih Dickapi iildirim Beyazit Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , ÇAVUŞ, Umut Yücel Dickapi iildirim Beyazit Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , KESİM, Ahmet Van Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Turkey , ÇEVİK, Mahmut istanbul Ümraniye Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , YILMAZ, Muhittin Serkan istanbul Ümraniye Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , KÖROĞLU, Derya Balcı Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , KARAKILIÇ, Muhammed Evvah Ankara Numune Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi - Acil Tip Klinigi, Turkey , SIRMALI, Mehmet Süreyyapaþa Gögüs Hastaliklari ve Gögüs Cerrahisi Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Turkey
Title Of Article
The Evaluation of Patients with B lunt Thoracic Trauma in the Emergency Room
شماره ركورد
42046
Abstract
Aim: Chest trauma is the third most common cause of trauma. The purpose of this study is to analyze the demographic characteristics, trauma causes, pathological conditions, the causes of mortality and treatment approaches of patients admitted to the emergency room with chest trauma. Materials and Methods: The hospital records of the 305 patients admitted to the emergency department in 2010 with thoracic trauma were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The most common etiological factor of the chest trauma was motor vehicle accidents (75.1%). Rib fracture is the most common chest pathology among the patients with chest trauma (45.2%). 63.9% of the patients have additional trauma of the other body regions, the most common additional traumas are extremity injuries ( 33.1%). Tube thoracostomy were performed to 62 patients (20.3%), thoracotomy were required for five of them. 238 of the patients (78.1%) were treated with conservative management. 11.1% of the patients have died. Conclusion: Tube thoracostomy is often required and enough for intrathoracic injuries due to blunt chest trauma; the need for thoracotomy was quite rare. Mortality depends on the cause of trauma, intervention time, additional trauma types.
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19
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Blunt thoracic trauma , hemothorax , pneumothorax , emergency medicine
JournalTitle
Kocatepe Medical Journal
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25
JournalTitle
Kocatepe Medical Journal
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