TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thoracic Trauma A1 - O'Connell, Karen A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - Pediatric victims of thoracic trauma require rapid evaluation and management. Knowledge of pediatric-specific anatomy and injury patterns will expedite identification of injuries.Children are particularly susceptible to pulmonary contusion with little external signs of trauma due to increased compliance of the ribs and supporting structures.Treatment with needle and then chest tube thoracostomy should occur immediately in hemodynamically unstable or deteriorating victims of thoracic trauma.Most common site for aortic disruption in children is at level of ligamentum arteriosum.Gunshot wounds to chest are associated with abdominal injuries in 30% to 40% of patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681177 ER -