Aspirin use is associated with an increased risk for acute kidney injury in critical patients with chest trauma, whereas ...

Traumatic pneumothorax is any injury that causes a lung to collapse ... tube can be inserted through the ribs and the entire ...

The clinical entity remains essentially as described by Sandblom 1: a history of trauma, with pain simulating biliary ... An intrahepatic abcess in the cavity area was considered, because x ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Upper abdominal pain originates in the organs and tissues located between your ribs ...

A 2020 article notes that broken ribs are a common injury that occurs with chest trauma. In some cases ... edge can puncture through the pleural cavity and into the lung. Severe rib fractures ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...