Pulmonary contusion is a common injury following motor vehicle crash (MVC). The estimated mortality rates for this injury range from 10% to 20%. Another important clinical implication of this lesion is the potential for development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Studies have correlated an increased risk of ARDS with a pulmonary contusion extent exceeding 20% of the total lung vo...

Pulmonary contusion is the most commonly identified thoracic soft tissue injury in an automobile crash and after blunt chest trauma and affects 10-17% of all trauma admissions. The mortality associated with pulmonary contusions is significant and is estimated to be 10-25%. Thus, there is a need to develop a finite element model based injury metric for pulmonary contusion for the purpose of pred...

BACKGROUND/AIM To analyze the protective activity of vitamin C on the lungs by assessing biochemical and histopathological analysi after performing an experimental isolated lung contusion model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-four male Sprague-Dawley male rats were used. The rats were randomly separated into 4 groups Vitamin C (200 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally 30 min after trauma. Blood...

BACKGROUND Blunt chest trauma can cause severe acute pulmonary dysfunction due to hemo/pneumothorax, rib fractures and lung contusion. OBJECTIVES To study the long-term effects on lung function tests after patients' recovery from severe chest trauma. METHODS We investigated the outcome and lung function tests in 13 patients with severe blunt chest trauma and lung contusion. RESULTS The st...

Pulmonary contusion and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common manifestation in polytraumatic patients. Although mechanical ventilation is still the first choice of treatment, a group of patients are still unable to maintain their oxygenation. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been more clarified when the lung is extensively damaged and when conventional...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Despite the high prevalence of chest trauma and its high morbidity, lung contusion (LC) often remains undiagnosed in the emergency department (ED). The present study investigates the possible clinical applicability of chest ultrasonography for the diagnosis of LC in the ED in comparison to radiography and CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred twenty-one patients admitted to th...

TOPIC: Imaging TYPE: Global Case Reports INTRODUCTION: A pulmonary contusion refers to an interstitial and/or alveolar lung injury without any frank laceration. It usually occurs secondary non-penetrating trauma. Pulmonary in 25–35% of all blunt chest traumas. we report a case with respiratory failure domestic fall from head down 5 meters. CASE PRESENTATION: 18 yrs old boy was admitted the hosp...

the objective of this study was to assess the etiology, diagnosis, treatment methods, surgical findings, postoperative results and necropsy findings of seventeencases of thoracic traumaby evaluating medical records. a car accident, falling down, stabbing and bites were identified asthe causes of trauma. diagnosed pathologies in the cases included pneumothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, l...

According to statistics, chest injuries rank third in prevalence and are characterized by high mortality, which is 35 – 45%. This article presents a patient diagnosed treated for bilateral pulmonary contusion with post-traumatic pneumonitis after combined mine-explosive injury. Purpose. Of particular interest the clinician understanding of lung injury from standpoint interpretation diagnosis, m...