Thoracic Injuries (Chest Injury)

08/01/2005 - "The aim of the study is to verify the efficacy of the pharmacological blockade of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in serious blunt chest injuries, and to identify whether the administration of indomethacin as a cyclooxygenase inhibitor could prevent a multiorgan dysfunction (MODS) and a multiorgan failure (MOF). "

08/01/2005 - "The aim of the study is to verify the efficacy of the pharmacological blockade of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in serious blunt chest injuries, and to identify whether the administration of indomethacin as a cyclooxygenase inhibitor could prevent a multiorgan dysfunction (MODS) and a multiorgan failure (MOF). "

11/01/1986 - "[Analgesia with epidural morphine in chest injuries]."
12/01/1982 - "[Peridural morphine analgesia in thoracic injuries]."
12/06/1980 - "[Peridural administration of morphine in post-operative urologic analgesia and chest injuries]."
11/01/1984 - "Management of fifty cases of chest injury with a regimen of epidural bupivacaine and morphine."
02/01/1990 - "The use of thoracic epidural bupivacaine for analgesia in post-traumatic chest injuries produced superior improvement in pulmonary function when compared to lumbar epidural morphine."

11/01/1991 - "[Hemodynamic repercussion of epidural bupivacaine in thoracic injuries]."
03/01/1991 - "A randomized double-blind study was undertaken to investigate whether 0.25 per cent bupivacaine administered intrapleurally is an effective and reasonably safe method of obtaining analgesia in patients with thoracic injuries. "
11/01/1984 - "Management of fifty cases of chest injury with a regimen of epidural bupivacaine and morphine."
02/01/1990 - "The use of thoracic epidural bupivacaine for analgesia in post-traumatic chest injuries produced superior improvement in pulmonary function when compared to lumbar epidural morphine."

11/01/1987 - "Continuous epidural fentanyl analgesia: ventilatory function improvement with routine use in treatment of blunt chest injury."
11/01/1987 - "The safety and effectiveness of continuous epidural fentanyl analgesia (CEFA) in the treatment of blunt chest injury was evaluated by reviewing its use in 40 patients with multiple rib fractures or flail chest. "

10/01/2007 - "Successful use of recombinant activated coagulation factor VII in a patient with massive hemoptysis from a penetrating thoracic injury."
10/01/2007 - "We report a case in which recombinant activated coagulation factor VII successfully controlled massive hemoptysis and improved ventilation from a severe pulmonary contusion in a noncoagulopathic patient who suffered a penetrating thoracic injury in a military setting in Afghanistan."

09/01/2006 - "Hyperbaric oxygen treatment in Purtscher's retinopathy induced by chest injury."
05/01/2001 - "Relationship between alteration of body position and parameters of central hemodynamics and oxygen status were studied in patients with severe blunt chest injury. "
05/01/2001 - "[Use of position tests for detecting oxygen status disorders and correction of them in patients with severe blunt chest injury]."
11/01/1995 - "The physiological variables of oxygen saturation, blood pressure and pulse rate were compared in the pre-hospital phase and on arrival at hospital in a group of 63 patients with severe chest injury. "
09/01/1978 - "One should never hesitate to administer oxygen to a victim with a chest injury. "

08/01/2005 - "In the present study, force was applied through the thoracic wall to mimic a chest injury. "
02/01/1993 - "Cardiac injury: tuberculous pericardial disease as a mimic in penetrating chest injury."

06/27/1991 - "Of 37 patients entered into the study, 34 (23 with cervical injuries and 11 with thoracic injuries) completed the test-drug protocol (100 mg of GM-1 sodium salt or placebo intravenously per day for 18 to 32 doses, with the first dose taken within 72 hours of the injury) and a one-year follow-up period. "

11/01/2000 - "Endogenous adenosine could have a role in the pathophysiologic response after blunt chest injury, with potential sites of action including the endothelium and alveolar macrophage. "
11/01/2000 - "Adenosine-regulating agents may have therapeutic potential after blunt chest injury, but further studies are needed in clinically relevant models, with administration begun at the time of resuscitation."

04/01/1998 - "Most of the isolated thoracic injuries are adequately treated by conservative means, sufficient analgesia, drainage of intrapleural air or blood, physiotherapy and clearance of bronchial secretions provided; operative intervention is rarely indicated. "
02/01/1998 - "[Analgesia in thoracic injuries: a comparative study of 2 techniques of loco-regional analgesia]."
01/01/1994 - "[Locoregional analgesia in thoracic injuries]."
06/01/1989 - "[The role of various methods of analgesia in the treatment of thoracic injuries]."
06/01/1976 - "By means of spirography the ventilatory function was studied under conditions of peridural analgesia in 73 patients with suppurative and neoplastic diseases of the lung pre- and postoperatively, as well as in closed chest injuries. "

10/01/2012 - "Epidural analgesia for blunt thoracic injury--which patients benefit most?"
05/01/1999 - "Patients (ages 18 to 60 years) sustaining thoracic injury were prospectively randomized to receive epidural analgesia or PCA during an 18-month period. "
05/01/1979 - "[Experience in epidural analgesia in seventeen cases of chest injury (author's transl)]."
05/01/1999 - "Also, tidal volume and maximal inspiratory force were improved with epidural analgesia by day 3. These results demonstrate that epidural analgesia is superior to PCA in providing analgesia, improving pulmonary function, and modifying the immune response in patients with severe chest injury."
02/01/1996 - "These findings indicate that epidural analgesia is useful for controlling pain-related agitation caused by head and chest injuries if increased intracranial pressure is not present."

06/01/2013 - "The inclusion criteria were human trials, studies and case series on emergency or emergency department thoracotomy in adults and all papers that compared outcomes between patients with penetrating and blunt chest injury. "
04/01/2001 - "The purpose of this study is to present the rationale for an algorithm that describes the place of resuscitative thoracotomy in the prehospital management of a patient with penetrating chest injury, and to review a 6-year experience using this algorithm. "
06/01/2013 - "We report three cases of young adult males with penetrating chest injuries that required emergency thoracotomy (ET) and anatomical lung resection to achieve definitive control of life threatening pulmonary haemorrhage. "
06/01/2013 - "The search terms used were: emergency thoracotomy; penetrating chest injury; blunt chest injury. "
07/01/2011 - "Early VATS can decrease hospital LOS and thoracotomy rate in patient suffering blunt thoracic injuries. "

12/01/1980 - "Closed tube thoracostomy is a common and very useful procedure in therapy of acute thoracic injury. "
12/01/2013 - "This is a prospective descriptive study of adult patients with traumatic chest injury necessitating tube thoracostomy. "
05/01/1996 - "The study suggests that the majority of penetrating chest injuries in children can be treated successfully by tube thoracostomy alone or in conjunction with expectant observation."
05/01/2015 - "Five (2%) patients in this nonselective TCT group required tube thoracostomy, while there was no additional treatment provided for thoracic injuries in the remaining 39 (15%). "
01/01/2012 - "Tube thoracostomy is a common procedure used to treat traumatic chest injuries. "

02/01/2005 - "Blunt chest injury complicating polytrauma is associated with significant prolongation of intensive care stay. "
03/01/2002 - "The incidence of 19.7% of MC in our patients with blunt chest injury requiring intensive care treatment indicates that this condition is frequent in polytraumatized patients. "
01/01/2001 - "The clinical outcome of chest injuries is closely related on a clear treatment strategy, with a sufficient preclinical assessment and early intubation, early temporary or definitive fracture stabilisation and implementation of intensive care and lung protective treatment rules."
11/01/1999 - "This in turn permits correct assessment of the main thoracic injuries, plus adequate and prompt planning of surgical treatment or support intensive care. "
07/01/1997 - "With intensive care, pleural drainage and judicious physiotherapy most thoracic injuries can be treated adequately. "