Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- história de trauma
- presença de fatores de risco
- dor
- dispneia
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- sinais de oxigenação comprometida
- contratilidade paradoxal da parede torácica
Fatores de risco
- traumatismo torácico contuso
- ressuscitação cardiopulmonar (RCP)
- abuso físico em crianças
- abuso físico em idosos
- osteoporose
- idade >65 anos
- participação em esportes
- tumores ósseos primários
- tumores ósseos metastáticos
- tosse intensa
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- radiografia torácica
- radiografia pélvica
Investigações a serem consideradas
- tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax
- ultrassonografia do tórax
- angiografia
- TC do crânio, coluna cervical, tórax, abdome e pelve
- radiografia de esqueleto (crianças)
Algoritmo de tratamento
todos os pacientes
Colaboradores
Autores
Garth H. Utter, MD, MSc
Professor of Surgery
University of California
Davis
California
CA
Declarações
GHU has been paid as a consultant by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for their Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Tools Program. His organisation has received contract funding on his behalf from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and AHRQ for their Quality Indicators programs and AHRQ's Patient Safety Network program. GHU is the co-author of one of the publications cited in this topic.
Agradecimentos
Dr Garth H. Utter would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Peter Cundy, Dr Nicole Williams, Dr Paul Novakovich and Dr Brent Ponce, previous contributors to this topic.
Declarações
PC is on the boards of MIGA (medical indemnity insurance) and Orthopaedics SA. He owns stock though a personal superannuation fund. PC’s hospital, the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, receives institutional support from medical supply companies for salary of research scientists. PC received payment from a medical supplier for two lectures on wound dressings in 2017. PC declares that none of the above are relevant to the Rib Fractures topic and that he receives no other money from suppliers. NW’s hospital, the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, receives institutional research support from medical supply companies and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. PN and BP declare that they have no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
Gino Kerkhoffs, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Orthopaedic Research Center
Academic Medical Center
Meibergdreef
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Divulgaciones
GK declares that he has no competing interests.
James Puffer, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Board of Family Medicine
Lexington
KY
Divulgaciones
JP declares that he has no competing interests.
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Referencias
Artículos principales
American College of Surgeons. Best practices guidelines: management of chest wall injuries. Nov 2025 [internet publication].Texto completo
American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: rib fractures. 2018 [internet publication].Texto completo
American College of Surgeons. ACS trauma quality programs: best practices guidelines for acute pain management in trauma patients. Nov 2020 [internet publication].Texto completo
Kasotakis G, Hasenboehler EA, Streib EW, et al. Operative fixation of rib fractures after blunt trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Mar;82(3):618-26.Texto completo Resumen
Pieracci FM, Majercik S, Ali-Osman F, et al. Consensus statement: surgical stabilization of rib fractures rib fracture colloquium clinical practice guidelines. Injury. 2017 Feb;48(2):307-21. Resumen
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