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Chest Trauma

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Thoracic trauma directly accounts for ~25% of trauma deaths and contributes to another 25%. The reassuring exam-relevant truth: fewer than 10% of blunt and only ~15–30% of penetrating chest injuries need a thoracotomy — most are managed by an intercostal drain (ICD), oxygen and analgesia. NEET PG loves the bedside-diagnosable, life-threatening "lethal six" and the maneuvers that save a life in minutes. Chest injur

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