Initial evaluation and management of rib fractures - UpToDate
网页2024年9月17日 · Multiple rib fractures (≥3) or fractures in the upper or lower rib cage are associated with internal injuries such as liver or spleen lacerations, mediastinal injury, pneumothorax, hemothorax, flail chest, and pulmonary contusions.
Management of Multiple Rib Fractures - McGovern Medical …
网页Patients with ≥2 rib fractures, a pulmonary contusion, a chest tube, or abdominal/thoracic surgery who meet incentive spirometry goals are seen once per shift if STICU/SIMU status and once every 48 hours if floor status.
Rib Fracture (Broken Rib): Symptoms, Healing Tips & Treatment
网页2022年12月9日 · A rib fracture is the medical term for a broken rib. Rib fractures are usually caused by car accidents, sports injuries or other traumas. It’s possible to break a rib without experiencing trauma, too.
The ideal methods for the management of rib fractures - PMC
网页2019年3月11日 · In this article, we outlined the new concepts in rib fractures treatment, which mainly included four parts, damage control, pain management, fixation selection, and quality of life. We hope these concepts help practitioners …
Rib Fracture - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
网页2023年8月8日 · Isolated rib fractures tend to heal well and do not need any further interventions beyond pain control, rest, and ice. Multiple rib fractures, displaced rib fractures, or those with underlying concomitant injuries may require inpatient monitoring for respiratory failure or surgical correction.
Rib Fractures - The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
网页The most common ribs fractured are the 7th through 10 th ribs. Fractures of the first and second ribs are rare but may be associated with serious damage to the brachial plexus of nerves, the subclavian vessels or associated with head, facial or thoracic aorta injuries.
Inpatient management of traumatic rib fractures and flail ... - UpToDate
网页2022年11月18日 · Multiply fractured ribs or flail chest can significantly compromise respiratory function. Pneumonia is often the common pathway to acute respiratory failure resulting from rib fractures, and prevention offers the best means to avoid potentially preventable deaths [4].
Surgical management of severe rib fractures - UpToDate
网页2022年11月29日 · Multiple rib fractures are the consequence of significant forces impacting the chest wall and are most commonly due to blunt injuries (eg, motor vehicle crash, falls, assault), but penetrating injuries (eg, gunshot) can also fracture ribs.
Surgical management of multiple rib fractures/flail chest
网页2019年2月26日 · Rib fractures can range from simple fractures to flail segments. Fail segments refers to multiple adjacent ribs with fractures of the same rib at multiple places. Simple fractures, even if multiple, are often tolerated well in the absence of underlying cardiopulmonary pathology.
Management of patients with multiple rib fractures - PubMed
网页It is now known that patients with multiple rib fractures benefit most from adequate pain control, rapid mobilization, and meticulous respiratory care to prevent complications. A protocol based on a synthesis of the existing literature is developed.