Stop flailing: The impact of bicortically displaced rib fractures on pulmonary outcomes in patients with chest trauma — an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study

CONCLUSION Patients with bicortically displaced rib fractures are more likely to develop pneumonia, ARDS, and need for tracheostomy even when controlling for flail chest. Future studies should investigate the utility of flail chest management algorithms in patients with bicortically displaced fractures. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Prognostic and epidemiological study, level III.
Source: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: AAST 2018 PODIUM PAPER Source Type: research