rib fractures
| Headline | |
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| Mechanism | |
| Patient demographic | |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Anatomy | ust |
| Diagnostic investigations | XR chest, CT chest Treat as major trauma depending on mechanism Risk stratification: Easter score, Battle score |
| Management | Immediate complications: - haemo/pneumothorax Medium term complications: - hypoventilation due to pain - pneumonia ... due to inadequate secretion clearance due to pain |
analgesia strategies
- serratus anterior plane block
- thoracic epidural
- erector spinae plane block