Management of patients with lung contusion.
Pulmonary contusion represents a serious complication of chest trauma. Its management should include adequate oxygen therapy and ventilatory support. Monitoring of the patient's condition should be by repeated measurement of arterial blood gases; use of the Swan-Ganz catheter is seldom necessary. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are generally indicated but cortisone, cardiotonic drugs and diuretics are not usually required.
D003288:Contusions / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D055370:Lung Injury; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy