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| | eMedicine - Fractures, Rib : Article by Christopher I Doty, MD, FAAEM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | First rib fractures were once thought to be a harbinger of severe trauma, since the first rib is very well protected by the shoulder, lower neck musculature, and clavicle and was thought to require a much higher impact force to fracture than other ribs. |
 | | Flagel BT, Luchette FA, Reed RL: Half-a-dozen ribs: the breakpoint for mortality. |
 | | Ziegler DW, Agarwal NN: The morbidity and mortality of rib fractures. |
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