Radiological, Clinical and Biomechanical Aspects of Chest Trauma

Quick evaluation of chest trauma patients is needed in emergency rooms, trauma care centres and radiology departments - and his book is designed for this need. The specialist can anticipate specific injuries and apply the best treatment if he knows how various organs and tissues respond to different traumatic stresses and what clues to look for in the clinical examination. That is why this book incorporates the detailed discussion of radiological evaluation with a description of the biomechanics, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of thoracic trauma. The most expedient means, both radiologic and nonradiologic, to diagnose each trauma are thoroughly discussed. The wide variety of chest injuries discussed by the author include: blunt and penetrating chest injuries, thoracic complications seen in patients with cutaneous burns (thermal injuries, smoke inhalation), pulmonary abnormalities associated with the inhalation of noxious gases, the aspiration of liquids and particulate matter and drowning and near-drowning, explosion-related chest injuries, diving-related injuries like barotrauma and decompression sickness and fat-embolism syndrome.This monograph on radiology, emergency medicine and intensive care medicine is intended for clinicians.