[Clinical and experimental data from a study of combined chest injuries]

The experience of treatment of 400 patients with severe associated traumas of the thorax has shown the potentiating action of different damages to result in new clinical quality responsible for a crisis of vital functions. In the every fourth patient there occurred dangerous for life progressing disorders in the respiration and hemodynamics. The methods of treatment were determined by the leading injury and the degree of disturbances in the respiration and blood circulation. Urgent operations were made for vital indications.