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Disease Information for Flail chest

Clinical Manifestations
Signs & Symptoms: Neck subcutaneous emphysema
: Chest Pain; Cyanosis; Falling blood pressure/progessive/signs; Systolic crunch/mediastinal air (Hammans)
: Crepitus, subcutaneous
: Agonal respiration; Chest pain exacerbated on deep breathing; Chest pain/non-cardiac; Dyspnea; Hypoventilation Signs; Rapid Breathing; Shallow breathing; Sudden onset dyspnea; Tachypnea/Increased respiratory rate
: Acutely ill patient/signs
Disease Progression: Course/Acute; Course/Acute only
Demographics & Risk Factors
Established Disease Population: Patient/Motor vehicle accident; Patient/Multiple traumas/fractures; Patient/Trauma effect/occult injury
Laboratory Tests
Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased: pO2, arterial blood (Lab)
Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased: Carbon Dioxide Total Content/CO2; PCO2, arterial blood (Lab)
Diagnostic Test Results
Other Tests & Procedures: PFT/Vital capacity decreased
Electrodiagnosis: Pulse oximetry/low O2 saturation
X-RAY: Xray/Chest abnormal
: Xray/Chest/Lung fields/Abnormal; Xray/Mediastinal air/gas emphysema/Chest; Xray/Subcutaneous free air/Chest
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
Associated Disease & Complications: Acidosis, respiratory; Acute respiratory failure/Respiratory arrest; Asphyxia/suffocation; Aspiration; Flail chest; Hypercapnea Hypercarbia; Hypoventilation, alveolar; Hypoxemia; Hypoxia, systemic; Pneumonia, aspiration; Respiratory muscle weakness; Thoracic duct fistula/perforation
: Atelectasis in Child
: Chest Deformity
Disease Mechanism & Classification
Class: CLASS/Chest wall involvement/disorder (ex); CLASS/Pulmonic (category)
Pathophysiology: Pathophysiology/Breathing Workload; Pathophysiology/Diaphragm/respiratory muscles defect; Pathophysiology/Extrinsic restrictive lung disease; Pathophysiology/Lung Hypoventilation; Pathophysiology/Lung Ventilation Mechanics
Process: PROCESS/Trauma (category)
Treatment
Other Treatments: TX/Endotracheal airway.; TX/Intensive care management; TX/Intubation/ventilation assist.
Definition: Be the first to add a definition for Flail chest
External Links Related to Flail chest: Google; Wikipedia; Merck; Images; PubMed (National Library of Medicine); NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); Medscape (eMedicine); Harrison's Online (accessmedicine); NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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