Archivos de bronconeumología
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We undertook a review of patients with chest trauma attended between January 1992 and June 2005 in order to establish severity criteria in these cases. ⋯ There are a number of indicators of severity in chest trauma, related more closely to the type and repercussions of the trauma than to the age of the patient. There is a high incidence of fluid or gas accumulation in the pleural space, though this can be easily managed by pleural drainage, which constitutes the main therapeutic procedure in chest trauma.