Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common disease that may contribute to morbidity and mortality among trauma patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). This study evaluated the associations between trauma factors and the development of VAP in ventilated patients with multiple rib fractures. Methods We retrospectively and consecutively evaluated 101 patients with multiple r...

The objective of this study was to assess the etiology, diagnosis, treatment methods, surgical findings, postoperative results and necropsy findings of seventeencases of thoracic traumaby evaluating medical records. A car accident, falling down, stabbing and bites were identified asthe causes of trauma. Diagnosed pathologies in the cases included pneumothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, l...

Posttraumatic empyema is a rare complication of trauma with an incidence of 1.6-2.4% in trauma patients. However, it is rarely reported in children. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy who was involved in a traffic accident and diagnosed with a pulmonary contusion at a local hospital. Fourteen days after the accident, posttraumatic empyema thoracis and lung abscess developed with clinical p...

INTRODUCTION Among the complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy are perinephric bleeding and hypertension. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 31-year-old Asian man with an unusual case of hemoptysis and lung contusion and cavitation with exudative plural effusion due to pulmonary trauma following false positioning of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Differential d...

The authors evaluated in a retrospective study a group of 45 patients with contusion of the lungs (age 1 to 15 years) who were treated at the Faculty Hospital in Motol in 1989-1993. In 38 children contusion of the lungs was part of multiple injuries with signs of failure of vital functions. These children were admitted after the injury to the in-patient department of the Anaesthesiological and ...

There are few reports in the literature regarding the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for double-dysfunction from both heart and lung contusions in polytrauma patients. This article reports a 48-year-old patient admitted after a traffic accident. He rapidly progressed to shock with low cardiac output due to myocardial contusion and refractory hypoxemia due to pulm...

Background Lung injury is a common complication following major trauma. Large volume transfusions, thoracic injury, pulmonary contusion, and hypo perfusion have previously been associated with its development [1]. However, early predictors of differing grades of lung injury following trauma are yet to be described. The objective of this study was to characterise the admission risk factors assoc...

The following case demonstrates the importance of emergent imaging in patients with thoracic gunshot wounds. The AP chest in our case highlights findings that correlate well with follow up CT Angiogram of the chest. A companion case is provided to illustrate wound dynamics in the lung with a variation of extent of intrathoracic bleeding. This case also exemplifies application of complex planes ...