Abstract
Trauma is the third leading cause of death in the USA and the leading cause of death for those younger than 40 years of age. Approximately 25% of trauma deaths result from thoracic injuries. In the USA each year, >300,000 patients are hospitalized and >25,000 die as a consequence of chest trauma [1–3]. Blunt trauma accounts for 90% of chest trauma, and the most common cases of blunt trauma are motor vehicle collisions and falls [4, 5].
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Novelline, R.A. (2011). Imaging the Chest Trauma Patient. In: Hodler, J., von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Heart and Chest, Including Breast 2011–2014. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1938-6_11
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