Images in clinical medicine. Flail chest.Dos Santos, Marcelo CordeiroAlecrim, Maria G Costa
movement of a segment of chest wall due to multiple rib fractures in multiple places — was made. Flail chest is associated with a high risk of pulmonary contusion and acute respiratory failure. Computed tomography of the chest showed fractures of multiple ribs on both sides, as well as severa...
On auscultation of the heart, a grade 2/6 systolic ejection murmur was heard at the third right intercostal space. Other physical findings were unremarkable. Electrocardiography revealed atrial fibrillation rhythm. Chest x ray findings were non-specific. Heart rate was controlled with a ? blocker ...