title: [The treatment of respiratory failure in severe chest injury (author's transl)].
abstract: The use of artificial ventilation versus conservative treatment in 101 patients with severe chest injuries is reconsidered, because major ventilation therapy carries a high incidence of complications. This technique within the past few years has increasingly been replaced by differentiated conservative respiratory treatment. On the basis of a retrospective study it is concluded that under special conditions even the unstable chest accompanied by respiratory insufficiency may be treated successfully by this technique.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012124:Respiratory Care Units; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Die Therapie der Atemstörung beim schweren Thoraxtrauma