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9324440

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Chest trauma cases benefit to a great degree from adequate, timely initiated and consistent prehospital treatment. However, prehospital determination and evaluation of blunt chest trauma is associated with a high degree of uncertainty. The purpose of our study was to examine and determine, in a collective of 255 trauma patients, the value of additional prehospital pulse oximetric monitoring regarding the optimization of the emergency physician's diagnosis and treatment of blunt chest trauma. We conclude from our findings that, in addition to the physical examination, with the application of pulse oximetry the prehospital diagnosis of lung contusion as well as the early detection of tension pneumothorax are more accurate. Therefore, the combination of physical examination and pulse oximetric monitoring is a requirement for the optimization of prehospital diagnosis and therapy in blunt chest trauma.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0009-4722
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
606-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Diagnosis of blunt thoracic trauma in emergency care. Use of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Anästhesiologie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract