Diseases

Flail Chest

A complication of multiple RIB FRACTURES; RIB and STERNUM fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the THORACIC WALL becomes isolated from the RIB CAGE and exhibits paradoxical respiration.

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Abstract

A complication of multiple RIB FRACTURES; RIB and STERNUM fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the THORACIC WALL becomes isolated from the RIB CAGE and exhibits paradoxical respiration.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Stove-in Chest
  • Chest, Flail
  • Chest, Stove-in
  • Stove in Chest

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(80); was see under THORACIC INJURIES 1980-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Rib Fractures (1966-1979)
  • Thoracic Injuries (1966-1979)

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Tree Number

  1. C26w.891w.315w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Flail Chest. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005409. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005409
  2. Flail Chest. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_chest
  3. Flail Chest. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1061988