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Torsten Richter1, Maximilian Ragaller
1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Dresden Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University, Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
Chest trauma is one important factor for total morbidity and mortality in traumatized emergency patients. The complexity of injury in trauma patients makes it challenging to provide an optimal oxygenation while protecting the lung from further ventilator-induced injury to it. On the other hand, lung trauma needs to be treated on an individual basis, depending on the magnitude, location and type of lung or chest injury. Several aspects of ventilatory management in emergency patients are summarized herein and may give the clinician an overview of the treatment possibilities for chest trauma victims.
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