Disease relevance of Rib Fractures

• Multiple rib fractures secondary to severe tardive dystonia and respiratory dyskinesia [1].
• Results of chest radiography at discharge 7 days earlier while on aspirin and after brief IV heparin had been negative except for minimal atelectasis and rib fractures barely visible on posteroanterior view [2].
• MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively identified all infants with rib fractures after CPT for bronchiolitis or pneumonia over a 4-year period in two paediatric and one paediatric radiology units in three university hospitals in Paris. RESULTS: Five boys were identified [3].
• With the aid of statistical correlation techniques it is found that the BIR model is better than the NSD model in predicting radiation myelopathy and vocal edema and as good as NSD in predicting rib fracture [4].

High impact information on Rib Fractures

• Rib fractures. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria [5].
• In summary, GAL concentrations were significantly increased in fracture callus and plasma of rats that underwent rib fracture [6].
• The multi-attribute scores for the Mark III system were negatively related to hip (-0.09; 95% CI: -0.14, -0.03) and rib fractures (-0.06; 95% CI: -0.11, -0.00) for women, and rib fractures (-0.06; 95% CI: -0.12, -0.00) for men [7].
• Patients with a history of rib fracture and CF-related diabetes had significantly lower femoral neck BMD (p < 0.02) [8].
• Hip, forearm, proximal humerus and rib fractures have all been associated with low BMD, though ankle fracture is not strongly related to osteoporosis [9].

Chemical compound and disease context of Rib Fractures

• Whereas one study reported no association, the other reported a significantly higher risk for vertebral and rib fractures among warfarin users compared with nonusers [10].
• A case of anterolateral first rib fracture produced by indirect trauma in a surfer is presented [11].
• A case is presented in which intermittent i.v. alfentanil was titrated to meet the analgesic requirements in a patient with extensive rib fractures, during each session of intensive chest physiotherapy [12].
• He had suffered traumatic rib fractures to the seventh, eighth, and ninth left ribs 28 days before this presentation and 21 days before starting the ticlopidine [2].
• X-rays demonstrated a left hemilateral C6 injury but no rib fractures [13].

Biological context of Rib Fractures

• Use of a remifentanil PCA for a patient with multiple rib fractures [14].
• Effect of intercostal nerve block with 0.5% bupivacaine on peak expiratory flow rate and arterial oxygen saturation in rib fractures [15].

Anatomical context of Rib Fractures

• Four (3%) of the patients had carotid artery injuries, the presence of which was strongly associated with a Glasgow Coma Scale score < 14, an Injury Severity Score > 16 (p < 0.0001), and the presence of a clavicle and/or first rib fracture (p < 0.0037) [16].
• Abdominal muscle uptake on FDG PET secondary to multiple rib fractures and use of accessory muscles of respiration [17].

Gene context of Rib Fractures

• Rib fractures as an unusual complication of severe tardive dystonia [18].
• Two-thirds of HTX patients were males and 75 per cent had rib fractures [19].
• RESULTS: In children younger than 3 years of age, the positive predictive value (PPV) of a rib fracture as an indicator of NAT was 95% [20].
• On average, occult rib fractures resulted in an average underreporting of injury severity of more than one AIS level [21].

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