Follow-Up Chest X-rays in Minor Chest Trauma with Fewer Than Three Rib Fractures: A Justifiable, Habitual Re-Imaging Industry?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Study Population
2.3. Radiological Fracture Evaluation
2.4. Treatment Protocol
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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MECHANISM OF INJURY | N (%) |
---|---|
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT | 30 (12.0) |
ACCIDENTS AT WORK | 18 (7.2) |
SPORTS ACCIDENTS | 19 (7.6) |
PHYSICAL ALTERCATION | 6 (2.4) |
FALL AT HOME | 176 (70.7) |
AGE | |
GROUP I: 18–59 YEARS | 95 (38.2) |
GROUP II: 60–79 YEARS | 72 (28.9) |
GROUP III:≥80 YEARS) | 82 (32.9) |
NUMBER OF FRACTURED RIBS | |
1 | 150 (60.2) |
2 | 99 (39.8) |
LATERALITY | |
LEFT SIDE | 124 (49.8) |
RIGHT SIDE | 121 (48.6) |
BILATERAL | 4 (1.6) |
LOCATION | |
TRUE RIBS (I–VII) | 72 (28.9) |
FALSE RIBS (VIII–XII) | 151 (60.6) |
BOTH | 26 (10.4) |
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Deluca, A.; Deininger, S.; Wichlas, F.; Hofmann, V.; Amelunxen, B.; Diepold, J.; Freude, T.; Deininger, C. Follow-Up Chest X-rays in Minor Chest Trauma with Fewer Than Three Rib Fractures: A Justifiable, Habitual Re-Imaging Industry? Healthcare 2022, 10, 2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122471
Deluca A, Deininger S, Wichlas F, Hofmann V, Amelunxen B, Diepold J, Freude T, Deininger C. Follow-Up Chest X-rays in Minor Chest Trauma with Fewer Than Three Rib Fractures: A Justifiable, Habitual Re-Imaging Industry? Healthcare. 2022; 10(12):2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122471
Chicago/Turabian StyleDeluca, Amelie, Susanne Deininger, Florian Wichlas, Valeska Hofmann, Berndt Amelunxen, Julian Diepold, Thomas Freude, and Christian Deininger. 2022. "Follow-Up Chest X-rays in Minor Chest Trauma with Fewer Than Three Rib Fractures: A Justifiable, Habitual Re-Imaging Industry?" Healthcare 10, no. 12: 2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122471
APA StyleDeluca, A., Deininger, S., Wichlas, F., Hofmann, V., Amelunxen, B., Diepold, J., Freude, T., & Deininger, C. (2022). Follow-Up Chest X-rays in Minor Chest Trauma with Fewer Than Three Rib Fractures: A Justifiable, Habitual Re-Imaging Industry? Healthcare, 10(12), 2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122471