Mechanical Ventilation in Multiple Fracture Ribs

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2017
Chest trauma is the most common injury in the emergency trauma and rib fractures is the most common trauma in chest trauma. Severe rib fractures can cause paradoxical respiration and mediastinal swing, which has large effects on respiratory and circulatory system, result in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Mechanical ventilation can significantly improve the hypoxemia of the patients, correct paradoxical respiration, and treat the pulmonary atelectasis
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First added on: May 21, 2024