Thoracic Injuries, Clinical Trial
Official title:
To Review the Management and Follow-up of Patients With Minor Thoracic Injuries Treated by Emergency Physicians.
Thoracic traumas are frequent causes of emergency department admissions and the third most
common cause of death from trauma. Although emergency management of major thoracic traumas
that have high mortality and morbidity were discussed and well-understood in detail in the
literature, there are limited information regarding diagnosis, emergency management,
treatment and follow-up after discharge of patients with minor blunt thoracic traumas.
The investigators aimed to investigate demographic data, physical examination findings, and
the relationship between lung injury, emergency department final diagnosis, hospitalization,
discharge and re-admission rates, effects of prescribed analgesics on pain and re-admissions
of patients with a pre-diagnosis of minor blunt thoracic trauma on first admission.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective