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Flail Chest
Summary
Description:
A complication of multiple rib fractures, rib and sternum fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the chest wall becomes isolated from the thoracic cage and exhibits paradoxical respiration.
Also Known As:
Chest, Flail; Chest, Stove-in; Stove in Chest; Stove-in Chest
Networked: 142
relevant articles (8 outcomes,
11 trials/studies)
for this Disease
Key Drugs and Agents for Flail Chest
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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
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Titanium
:
1 study in 5 results
: IBA
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glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate (Vessel)
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1 study in 2 results
: IBA
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Alloys
:
1 study in 1 result
: IBA
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aldosterone secretion inhibitory factor (ASIF)
:
1 study in 1 result
: IBA
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titanium nickelide (Ni-Ti)
:
1 study in 1 result
: IBA
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Oxygen
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4 results
: IBA
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Polypropylenes (Polypropylene)
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3 results
: IBA
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Methylprednisolone
:
3 results
:
FDA 18
Generic
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Silk
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1 result
:
FDA 1
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Methylmethacrylate (Metaplex)
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1 result
: IBA
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Diseases Related to Flail Chest
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Contusions
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Pain (Aches)
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Rib Fractures (Rib Fracture)
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Dislocations
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Brain Injuries (Brain Injury)
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Key Therapies for Flail Chest
Efficacy Chart >>
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Artificial Respiration (Mechanical Ventilation)
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4 outcomes 3 studies in 38 results
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Mechanical Ventilators (Ventilator)
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1 outcome 1 study in 22 results
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Intensive Care (Surgical Intensive Care)
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1 outcome 1 study in 5 results
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Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation
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1 outcome 1 study in 4 results
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Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
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1 outcome in 1 result
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