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Contents
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Background
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Diagnosis
3
Treatment
4
See Also
Background
Free-floating segment of ribs that is no longer attached to rest of thorax
Commonly associated w/ respiratory failure
Diagnosis
Treatment
Consider intubation even if pt's breathing initially seems adequate
See Also
Thoracic Trauma
Traumatic Pneumothorax
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Tension Pneumothorax
Categories
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Pulm
Trauma
Authors
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Ross Donaldson
Jordan Swartz
Richard Cunningham
Anu Ganapathy
Claire
Neil Young
Daniel Ostermayer
