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Abstract
Blunt chest trauma may cause injury to the thoracic wall, pleura lung parenchyma, airway structures, major vessels, heart and pericardium, diaphragm and other mediastinal structures Rib fractures commonly occur and, when three or more adjacent ribs are fractured in at least two or more places, may present as a flail chest The life-threatening chest injuries can be remembered: Airway obstruction, Tension pneumothorax, Open pneumothorax, Massive hemothorax Flail chest, pulmonary contusion and Cardiac tamponade Examination of the overlying thoracic cage may reveal contusion and rib fractures or even a flail.