PubMed · 1983 · 18 citations · 0 references
MedicineRadiologyDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic RadiologyThoracic RadiologyChest RadiographyChest RadiologyChest Trauma ManagementChest X-ray InterpretationThoracic RadiographyThoracic TraumaBlunt Chest TraumaBlunt Thoracic InjuryBlunt Thoracic TraumaBronchial InjuryChest Radiography FindingsDifferential Diagnosis From Chest RadiographsRadiologic ImagingTrauma Chest Radiography
Chest injuries and related complications prove fatal in over half of the victims of multiple trauma. The radiologist's responsibility is twofold: a) to recognize key radiographic signs and b) to guide the clinician in the radiologic investigation and management of the patient. The important diagnoses to be recognized from radiographs are pneumothorax, aortic rupture, bronchial rupture and diaphragmatic rupture.