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General & SystemicSevere
Chest Trauma
Cardiothoracic Surgery · General & Systemic
Severe
Severity
Common — a frequent component of major trauma cases, particularly from road traffic accidents
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiothoracic Surgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by blunt trauma from motor vehicle accidents
- 2falls
- 3or sports injuries
- 4or by penetrating trauma such as stab or gunshot wounds. The underlying mechanism involves direct damage to the ribs
- 5lungs
- 6heart
- 7or great vessels
- 8or secondary injury from fractured ribs puncturing internal structures. Risk factors include high-speed travel without seatbelt use
- 9contact sports
- 10and exposure to violence.
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