Pulmonary contusion causes long-term respiratory dysfunction with decreased functional residual capacity.
1990
To elucidate the mechanism of persistent dyspnea after blunt chest trauma, we prospectively studied the pulmonary function of 18 patients with blunt chest trauma for 6 months. Nine of the patients had flail chest and 12 had pulmonary contusion (PC). Pulmonary function was evaluated using spirometry,
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