Objective: Post-traumatic pulmonary contusion in children is often asymptomatic at diagnosis and has a good prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance extent post-traumatic contusions evaluate timing complications determine safe follow-up period with lung contusions. Methods: included pediatric patients who presented emergency department after blunt chest trau...

A healthy 20-year-old man was admitted after being involved in a high speed collision as a restrained driver. A chest X-ray followed by a CT scan of the chest revealed fractures of the first through fourth ribs. An opacity in the right mid-lung zone and an air-fluid level, surrounded by areas of pulmonary contusion, were also noted (Pictures 1-3). A traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst (TPP) is an ai...

Emerging evidence suggests that ultrasonography of lung is a fast, inexpensive, widely available bed-side diagnostic tool which is useful for quick and early diagnosis of respiratory diseases. It is useful in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates and has good accuracy in identifying consolidation and alveolar-interstitial syndrome. This technique can also be useful in the immediat...

to identify anatomic and physiologic characteristics of children which are different from adults and to explain major patterns and responses of different types of injuries and to apply atls principles in management of injured kids and to emphasize on injury prevention to reduce the impact of injury in children. children have larger head, smaller jaw, shorter, narrower, funnel shaped airway, sof...

OBJECTIVE We undertook a review of patients with chest trauma attended between January 1992 and June 2005 in order to establish severity criteria in these cases. PATIENTS AND METHODS During the study period, 1,772 cases (1,346 [76%] males) were treated, with ages ranging from 7 to 98 years (mean, 46.4 years). The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) was calculated and the following variables were also ...

Ventilation-perfusion changes after right-sided pulmonary contusion (PC) in swine were investigated by means of the multiple inert gas elimination technique (MIGET). Anesthetized swine (injury, n = 8; control, n = 6) sustained a right-chest PC by a captive-bolt apparatus. This was followed by a 12-ml/kg hemorrhage, resuscitation, and reinfusion of shed blood. MIGET and thoracic computed tomogra...

BACKGROUND Management of tibial fractures associated with soft tissue injury remains controversial. Previous studies have assessed perfusion of the fractured tibia and surrounding soft tissues in the setting of a normal soft tissue envelope. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of muscle contusion on blood flow to the tibial cortex and muscle during reamed, intramedullary nail...

BACKGROUND The aims of the Langendorff-perfused rabbit heart study were to evaluate the arrhythmogenic consequences of myocardial contusion and to determine the mechanism of arrhythmia. METHODS Six hearts were in the control group, and 24 hearts (intact heart protocol) were submitted to one of four different contusion kinetic energies (75, 100, 150, or 200 millijoules [mJ]; n = 6). Occurrence...