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Why Do My Ribs Hurt? Causes of Rib Cage Pain
Ribs can also be bruised (bone bruise) without a fracture. The sternum is infrequently fractured, but chest trauma can result in a number of abnormalities ranging from single fractures to flail ...
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Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray.
OBJECTIVE: Fractured ribs and sternum are frequent complications of thoracic compression during CPR in adults. This study was conducted to determine whether findings of plain chest radiography ...