chest (redirected from chest wound)

chest (chest) thorax.

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flail chest  one whose wall moves paradoxically with respiration, owing to multiple fractures of the ribs.

funnel chest  pectus excavatum.

pigeon chest  pectus carinatum.

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chest (chst)

n.

The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and the breastbone; thorax.

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chest

Etymology: AS, box

1 See thorax .

2 the outside front part of the basic thoracic structure. See also thoracic cage, thoracic cavity.

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chest

see thorax, thoracic, flail chest.

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chest compression

a means of external cardiac massage; most likely to be effective in small dogs and cats, but very difficult in large animals.

chest wound

common in horses and cattle, damage to the underlying chest wall with communication to the pleural cavity and pneumothorax is the main danger.

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chest

Thorax A popular term for the region between the neck and abdomen, which contains the heart and lungs plumbing and wiring. See Barrel chest, Dirty chest of Simon, Flail chest.

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Patient discussion about chest wound.

Q. My mother had a chest pain and she was sent for a TEE. When do you need a TEE and when a normal echo is fine? My mother had a chest pain few weeks ago. we were sure its a heart attack and went to the ER. There the doctors did some tests and she was sent for a (trans thoracic echocardiogram) TEE. I want to know when do you need a TEE and when you can do just a normal echocardiogram because the TEE was very painful for her and we want to know if ther was a better way.

A. The main difference between TEE and normal echo is that in TEE u put the transducer directly in the esophagus. The transducer is the same and the idea is to put it as close as possible to the heart.
As far as I know there are some heart situations the TEE is better for diagnosis that normal echo. Maybe your mom had one of those situations?
I can recommend you to ask the ER doctor. he will probably be able to give a better explanation for his choice