title: [Chest trauma: who, how and what?].
abstract: A chest-trauma management system, tagged as the "Pécs model" in a tertiary referral center is described with extensive references to the state of the art in thoracic trauma. Chest drainage has utmost importance in primary therapy as well as in surgical decision making (diagnosis). Thoracotomy is a general surgical competence, just as damage control is. Definitive treatment and management of sequelae, however, requires competence in thoracic surgery. Multidisciplinarity is underscored.
authors.affiliation: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Klinikai Központ, Sebészeti Klinika, Mellkassebészeti Osztály. tfmolnar@gmail.com
authors.forename: F Tamás
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Molnár
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy