ALLMedicine Rib Fracture Center

May 3rd, 2020 - Rib fractures are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite the publication of management guidelines and national outcome benchmarking, there is significant variation in evidence-based (EB) adherence and outcomes. Systems for cl...

Apr 13th, 2020 - Rib fractures following blunt trauma are a major cause of morbidity. Various factors have been used for risk stratification for complications. Ultrasound (US) measurements of diaphragm thickness (Tdi) and related measures such as thickening fracti...

Apr 13th, 2020 - In recent years, there has been a growing interest in operative treatment for multiple rib fractures and flail chest. However, to date, there is no comprehensive study that extensively focused on the incidence of complications associated with rib ...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - A prospective trial of proton therapy for breast cancer revealed an increased rib fracture rate of 7%, which is higher than the expected rate based on the literature on photon therapies. We aim to evaluate the hypothesis that the increased relativ...

Mar 28th, 2020 - Rib fractures (RF) occur in 10% of trauma patients; associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite advancing technology of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), treatment and indications remain controversial. Lack of displa...

Dec 3rd, 2016 - Consensus statement: Surgical stabilization of rib fractures rib fracture colloquium clinical practice guidelines.|2016|Pieracci FM,Majercik S,Ali-Osman F,Ang D,Doben A,|methods,surgery,surgery,surgery,

Oct 23rd, 2014 - Rib fracture is the most common thoracic injury, present in 10% of all traumatic injuries and almost 40% of patients who sustain severe nonpenetrating trauma. Although rib fractures can produce significant morbidity, the diagnosis of associated co...

May 3rd, 2020 - Rib fractures are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite the publication of management guidelines and national outcome benchmarking, there is significant variation in evidence-based (EB) adherence and outcomes. Systems for cl...

Apr 13th, 2020 - Rib fractures following blunt trauma are a major cause of morbidity. Various factors have been used for risk stratification for complications. Ultrasound (US) measurements of diaphragm thickness (Tdi) and related measures such as thickening fracti...

Apr 13th, 2020 - In recent years, there has been a growing interest in operative treatment for multiple rib fractures and flail chest. However, to date, there is no comprehensive study that extensively focused on the incidence of complications associated with rib ...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - A prospective trial of proton therapy for breast cancer revealed an increased rib fracture rate of 7%, which is higher than the expected rate based on the literature on photon therapies. We aim to evaluate the hypothesis that the increased relativ...

Mar 28th, 2020 - Rib fractures (RF) occur in 10% of trauma patients; associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite advancing technology of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), treatment and indications remain controversial. Lack of displa...

Jan 12th, 2018 - ORLANDO – Deteriorating forced vital capacity (FVC) levels predict heightened risk of complications in rib fracture patients, according to a study presented at the annual scientific assembly Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Daily, ea.

Jan 31st, 2016 - SAN ANTONIO – A new pain relief option for multiple rib fractures means that you might not have to wait around anymore for anesthesiology to place thoracic epidurals. It’s called posterior paramedian subrhomboidal (PoPS) analgesia.

Oct 19th, 2015 - CHICAGO – Ketamine is a safe and simple alternative to epidural anesthesia for pain control in the setting of multiple rib fractures, investigators from the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx (N. Y.

Jul 26th, 2015 - The Predicting Abusive Head Trauma (PredAHT) tool was effective in a validation study, suggesting it can help clinicians distinguish between abusive head trauma (AHT) and accidental head trauma. The six clinical features included in PredAHT are ri...

Dec 1st, 2012 - An 81-year-old African American man presented to the emergency department with right flank pain for 3 days. He had first noticed the pain after lifting a heavy box.