The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1988 · 55 citations · 0 references
MedicineImmunologySurgeryImmunopathologyImmunoregulationInflammationAcute Lung InjuryCellular InjuryChest Trauma ManagementImmune-mediated InjuryThoracic SurgeryThoracic TraumaBlunt Chest TraumaBlunt Thoracic InjuryBlunt Thoracic TraumaChylothorax InterventionT Cell-mediated InjuryT Cell-mediated Tissue InjuryThoracic Trauma SurgeryTraumatic Pneumothorax
Study of a patient with traumatic chylothorax after blunt chest trauma defines the changes in cellular immunocompetence during nonoperative management and emphasizes the importance of defining these parameters in addition to documenting the effects of metabolic deterioration.