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Volume 7 Issue 6 (June, 2019)

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Assessment of Cases of Chest Trauma in a Tertiary Health Care Centre
Vikas Gupta, Ajay Kumar

Background: Trauma accounts for 12% of the world’s burden of disease. Chest trauma is present in about 50% of trauma victims and is the cause of death in about 25%. The present study was conducted to assess the cases of chest trauma. Materials & Methods: A prospective study  was conducted in the department of general surgery. It comprised of 166 cases. The type of trauma, mode of trauma and physical signs and symptoms were recorded. Results: out of 166 patients, males were 82 and females were 84. 112 cases were of blunt trauma and 54 were of penetrating. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The mode of trauma was road side accident in 134, fall in 25, gun shot in 2 and physical violence in 5. Emphysema was seen in 50, clicks in 55 and crepitation in 44. Conclusion: Maximum cases of chest trauma were of blunt trauma followed by penetrating trauma. Mode of trauma was road side accident, fall, gun shot and physical violence. Mortality from chest trauma can be significantly reduced by development of better trauma care systems, prevention of shock and hypoxia and adherence to strict aseptic precautions to prevent infective complications.
Key words: Chest trauma, emphysema, road accident.

Received: 13 May, 2019                            Revised:  29 May 2019                             Accepted: 30 May 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Ajay Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Rajshree Medical Research Institute & Hospital Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

This article may be cited as: Gupta V, Kumar A. Assessment of Cases of Chest Trauma in a Tertiary Health Care Centre. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(6): 48-51.

 
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