Flail chest

Introduction: Flail chest

Description of Flail chest

Flail chest (medical condition): The separation of a portion of the rib cage from the rest of the chest wall - usually due to trauma. The severity of the condition varies depending on the extent of the damage.

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Flail chest: loss of stability of thoracic cage following fracture of sternum, ribs, or both; can cause respiratory failure.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Flail chest: 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.
Source: Diseases Database

Flail chest: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Flail chest: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Flail chest:

• Chest

Flail chest as a Disease

Flail chest (medical condition): See Flail Chest (disease information).
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More information on medical condition: Flail Chest:

• Information about Flail Chest
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Flail chest as a Symptom

Flail chest (symptom): abnormal movement of a portion of the chest wall.

Flail chest (symptom): See Flail chest (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Flail chest:

• Flail chest

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Terms Similar to Flail chest:

• Stove-in Chest

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Flail chest

• Thoracic Injuries

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Flail chest

The following list attempts to classify Flail chest into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Disorders of Environmental Origin
  • Wounds and Injuries
    • Thoracic Injuries
      • Flail Chest

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Fracture of rib(s), sternum, larynx, and trachea
• FRACTURE OF NECK AND TRUNK
• Fracture, cause unspecified
• INJURY AND POISONING
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Flail chest

• Flail Chest - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Flail Chest : Article by H Scott Bjerke, MD, FACS

Source: Diseases Database

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