Diaphragmatic rupture: a frequently missed injury in blunt thoracoabdominal trauma patients
| Autor: | Alberto I Carbo, Thomas Gates, Guillermo Sangster, V. Prieto Ventura, J. Garayburu, Horacio B. D'Agostino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty Thoracic Injuries Diaphragm Population Diaphragmatic breathing Abdominal Injuries Wounds Nonpenetrating Diagnosis Differential Blunt Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging education Cause of death Rupture Diaphragmatic rupture education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease Blunt trauma Emergency Medicine Radiology Differential diagnosis Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Radiology. 13:225-230 |
| ISSN: | 1438-1435 1070-3004 |
| Popis: | In the US and Western Europe, trauma is the fourth most common cause of death and the leading cause of death in the population less than 45 years of age [Mullinix and Foley, J Comput Assist Tomogr 28(Suppl 1):S20-S27, 2004]. Diaphragmatic injuries occur in 0.8 to 8% of patients after blunt trauma (Gray H, The muscles of the thorax. Anatomy of the human body. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1918) and may be a predictor of severity of injury in the blunt trauma patient [Worthy et al., Radiology 194(3):885-888, 1995]. The clinical diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture (DR) is difficult and is missed in anywhere from 7 to 66% of patients [Cantwell, Radiology 238(2):752-753, 2006]. The accurate diagnosis and prognosis of this pathology depend on a complete knowledge of the clinical and radiological presentation. Computed tomography is the imaging modality of choice in the assessment of patients with clinical or radiographic findings suggestive of DR. |
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