Novel chest wall blocks for severe chest wall injuries in older persons: A case series
| Autor: | A. Mitchell, W. Basson, C. Abi-Fares, Brooke Riley, Chris Anstey, Leigh White, Utsav Malla, Nicholas Snels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Series (stratigraphy)
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Mortality rate 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Regional anaesthesia Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030202 anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Medicine Surgery Aged care business |
| Zdroj: | Trauma. 24:257-261 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0350 1460-4086 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14604086211032877 |
| Popis: | Patients over the age of 65 years admitted to hospital with more than six rib fractures have a mortality rate as high as 38%. Of the survivors, 34% are likely to be admitted to an aged care facility. High-quality analgesia is paramount to the mitigation of rib fracture–associated morbidity and mortality. We report a series of ten consecutive patients over the age of 65 years with more than eight fractured ribs. All patients were managed with a novel chest wall block. There were no deaths, and only one patient was discharged into an aged care facility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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