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The Prognostic Significance of Pulmonary Contusions on Initial Chest Radiographs in Blunt Trauma Patients

Authors:	Michael Dinh Michael Brzozowski Alex Kiss Michael Schull

Affiliation:	(1) Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, Internal no. (Huispost) 667, PO Box: 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands;(2) Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, Internal no. (Huispost) 690, PO Box: 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands;(3) Department of Emergency Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 10, Internal no. (Huispost) 690, PO Box: 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands;(4) Department of Radiology, VU (Vrije Universiteit) University Medical Center Amsterdam, Internal no. PKOX134, PO Box: 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Abstract:	Objective: The importance of immediate versus delayed pulmonary contusions among severely injured blunt trauma patients is unknown. We hypothesized that patients with pulmonary contusions apparent on initial chest radiographs have higher rates of mortality and acute respiratory distress syndrome than patients who have delayed radiographic changes of pulmonary contusions.

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