TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Blunt and penetrating chest trauma
JO  - American family physician
A1  - Geelhoed, G. W.
SP  - 100
EP  - 106
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - Blunt or penetrating trauma to the chest can cause several life-threatening conditions: open or closed pneumothorax, each with or without hemothorax; flail chest; pericardial tamponade, and injury to other structures in the chest--the esophagus, trachea or great vessels. Any trauma sufficient to compromise function of thoracic organs must also be suspect for extrathoracic injuries, especially to the spleen and other abdominal viscera.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-838X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -