Rib fractures and pain peak 2 weeks down the line: myth or a fact?

[...]the course of pain from a fractured rib depends greatly on the severity of the injury, but we repeatedly observed that the pain deteriorates as days go by until a sudden outburst of pain is detected between the 14th and the 18th day after the injury. First of all, this observation can eloquentl...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2011-02, Vol.29 (2), p.229-229
Main Authors: Karangelis, Dimos, MD, PhD, Tagarakis, Georgios, MD, PhD, Karkos, Christos, MD, PhD, Pantelaki, Ioanna, MD, Desimonas, Nicholas, MD, Papadopoulos, Dimitrios, MD, Tsilimingas, Nikolaos, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood clots
Bony Callus - physiology
Bony Callus - physiopathology
Chest Pain - diagnosis
Chest Pain - etiology
Chest Pain - prevention & control
Collagen
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Family physicians
Humans
Pain
Rib Fractures - complications
Rib Fractures - diagnosis
Trauma Severity Indices
Wound healing
Wound Healing - physiology
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Summary:[...]the course of pain from a fractured rib depends greatly on the severity of the injury, but we repeatedly observed that the pain deteriorates as days go by until a sudden outburst of pain is detected between the 14th and the 18th day after the injury. First of all, this observation can eloquently explain why a great number of broken rib cases are firstly detected several days after they occur.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.09.005