title: [Importance of thoracic trauma in the multi-traumatized child].
abstract: The rate of thoracic trauma in multitraumatized children was assessed on the basis of two series of investigations: thoracic injuries increased from 8% to 34%. Severe injury to the thorax is seen in spite of a decrease in multitraumata. Thoracic trauma is a central lesion with only occasional involvement of the peripheral extremities. To assess such injuries it is essential to pay attention to factors like age-related blood volume, specific fluid metabolism, different periods of thoracic elasticity, and the relation of lung volume to the child's age.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinderchirurgie Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hofmann-von Kap-herr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholl
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*