flail chest
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Flail chest — Classification and external resources A chest radiograph of a flail chest associated with right sided pulmonary contusion and subcutaneous emphysema ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Flail chest — When enough ribs are broken (usually from a crush injury) to compromise the rigidity of the chest wall. On inspiration, the chest wall moves inward instead of outward and the opposite on expiration. * * * fracture of two or more ribs in two or… … Medical dictionary
flail chest — fracture of two or more ribs in two or more places, resulting from trauma. It produces an unstable ‘flail’ segment and is often associated with underlying lung trauma or pneumothorax. It leads to asphyxia unless corrected promptly … The new mediacal dictionary
Chest trauma — Classification and external resources A CT scan of a pneumothorax eMedicine med/2916 … Wikipedia
flail — flā(ə)l adj exhibiting abnormal mobility and loss of response to normal controls used of body parts damaged by paralysis, injury, or surgery <flail joint> * * * (flāl) exhibiting abnormal or paradoxical mobility, as flail joint, flail… … Medical dictionary
Chest — This article is about the anatomical term. For other uses, see Chest (disambiguation). Chest Chest anatomy … Wikipedia
Клетка Грудная ""Болтающаяся"" (Flail Chest) — состояние грудной клетки, при котором края ребер неустойчивы вследствие множественных переломов ребер и грудины. Если сразу же не оказать неотложную помощь, то у человека может развиться асфиксия. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
flail — [[t]fle͟ɪl[/t]] flails, flailing, flailed 1) V ERG If your arms or legs flail or if you flail them about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way. His arms were flailing in all directions... [V n] He gave a choked cry, flailed his… … English dictionary
chest — The anterior wall of the thorax. SEE ALSO: thorax. SYN: pectus. [A.S. cest, a box] alar c. SYN: flat c.. barrel c. a c. permanently resembling the shape of a barrel, i.e., with increased anteroposterior diameter, roughly equaling the lateral… … Medical dictionary
КЛЕТКА ГРУДНАЯ БОЛТАЮЩАЯСЯ — (flail chest) состояние грудной клетки, при котором края ребер неустойчивы вследствие множественных переломов ребер и грудины. Если сразу же не оказать неотложную помощь, то у человека может развиться асфиксия … Толковый словарь по медицине
