• 1. Department of Emergency, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
CAOYu, Email: dr.yu.cao@gmail.com
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Pulmonary contusion is frequent and a serious injury in the chest trauma patients in emergency department. And it is easy to induce acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure. Since the development of modern technology and transportation, flail chest with pulmonary contusion happens more frequently than the past. And its complications and mortality are higher. In order to understand it better and improve the effect of the therapy on flail chest with pulmonary contusion, we reviewed the relative literatures. In this article, the main contents are as followed:① The pathophysiological changes of pulmonary contusion; ② The pathophysiological changes of flail chest with pulmonary contusion; ③ Clinical manifestation of flail chest with pulmonary contusion; ④ Imaging change of flail chest with pulmonary contusion; ⑤ progress in diagnosis and treatment.

Citation: LIUBo-fu, WANGXin, CHEGuo-wei, CAOYu. Research Progress of Flail Chest with Pulmonary Contusion. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, 22(11): 1056-1059. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20150261 Copy

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