15. Blunt Chest Trauma

  1. Jesse M. Pines1,2,
  2. Christopher R. Carpenter3,4,
  3. Ali S. Raja5,
  4. Jeremiah D. Schuur5

Published Online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch15

Book Title

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pines, J. M., Carpenter, C. R., Raja, A. S. and Schuur, J. D. (2012) Blunt Chest Trauma, in Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch15

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Healthcare Quality, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  3. 3

    Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 7 NOV 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470657836

Online ISBN: 9781118482117

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Keywords:

  • blunt chest trauma;
  • patients with blunt chest trauma in ED;
  • diagnostic testing, excluding cardiac/pulmonary contusion;
  • clinical divide, multitrauma and ambulatory patients;
  • troponin I, excluding myocardial injury in blunt chest trauma;
  • blunt chest trauma and sustaining myocardial injuries;
  • CT and X-ray, unhelpful in cardiac contusion diagnosis;
  • troponin I, as a potential indicator of cardiac contusion;
  • myocardial contusion data, inconclusive

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Background

  • Clinical question

  • Comment

  • References

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