Chapter-42 Flail Chest
BOOK TITLE: Postgraduate Topics in Anaesthesia
Author
1. Mahadevan V
2. Asokan Anil Kumar
ISBN
9789350251560
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11286_42
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
3
Author Affiliations
1.
Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
2.
Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Chapter keywords
flail chest,
chest wall,
serial blood gas,
Ventilatory support,
respiratory failure,
Tachypnoea,
endotracheal intubation,
LANZ tracheostomy,
intermittent mandatory ventilation,
IMV,
continuous thoracic epidural