Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma
Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma is a topic covered in the Pearson's General Thoracic.
To view the entire topic, please log in or purchase a subscription.
STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons provides expert guidance for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. Sections include Pearson’s General Thoracic, Esphageal, Adult Cardiac, and Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Explore these free sample topics:
-- The first section of this topic is shown below --
Key Points
- Most thoracic trauma patients are managed with a thorough diagnostic evaluation and conservative treatment. Eighty-five percent of thoracic injury can be managed without an operation.
- Patients with major thoracic vascular, cardiac, or airway injury require operative intervention as soon as possible.
- Trauma resuscitation corrects shock-related acidosis and coagulopathy and avoids hypothermia and hypertension.
- An admission chest X-ray and bedside ultrasonography are excellent screening tools. Multidetector Computed Tomography, with intravenous contrast, provides accurate imaging of thoracic vasculature, organs and bones. Endoscopy is superior for the diagnosis of hollow viscus injury.
- Surgical intervention in the emergency department, chest tube placement, and thoracotomy can be lifesaving.
-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please log in or purchase a subscription --
Key Points
- Most thoracic trauma patients are managed with a thorough diagnostic evaluation and conservative treatment. Eighty-five percent of thoracic injury can be managed without an operation.
- Patients with major thoracic vascular, cardiac, or airway injury require operative intervention as soon as possible.
- Trauma resuscitation corrects shock-related acidosis and coagulopathy and avoids hypothermia and hypertension.
- An admission chest X-ray and bedside ultrasonography are excellent screening tools. Multidetector Computed Tomography, with intravenous contrast, provides accurate imaging of thoracic vasculature, organs and bones. Endoscopy is superior for the diagnosis of hollow viscus injury.
- Surgical intervention in the emergency department, chest tube placement, and thoracotomy can be lifesaving.
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: October 18, 2022
Citation
Burack, Joshua H, and Syed S Razi. "Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma." Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book, Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2022. STS Surgery, ebook.sts.org.
Burack JH, Razi SS. Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma. In: Darling GE, Baumgartner WA, Jacobs JP, eds. Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; 2022. ebook.sts.org. Accessed March 30, 2023.
Burack, J. H., & Razi, S. S. (2022). Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma. In Darling, G., Baumgartner, W., & Jacobs, J. (Eds.), Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons. ebook.sts.org
Burack JH, Razi SS. Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma [Internet]. In: Darling GE, Baumgartner WA, Jacobs JP, editors. Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; 2022. [cited 2023 March 30]. Available from: ebook.sts.org.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Pathophysiology and Initial Management of Thoracic Trauma
ID - 1418511
ED - Jacobs,J,
ED - Darling,Gail,
ED - Baumgartner,William,
Y1 - 2022/10/18/
BT - Pearson's General Thoracic
UR - https://ebook.sts.org/sts/view/Pearsons-General-Thoracic/1418511/all/Pathophysiology_and_Initial_Management_of_Thoracic_Trauma
PB - Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons
DB - STS Surgery
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -