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Myth of the dangerous sternal fracture.
Annals of Emergency Medicine 1993 October
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To look at the hospital course and the outcome of patients with an isolated sternal fracture.
DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of hospital records.
SETTING: A large urban Level I trauma center.
TYPE OF PARTICIPANT: Blunt trauma patients with an isolated sternal fracture. Patients with other chest radiograph abnormalities were excluded, as were those with abnormal admission ECGs.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Thirty-one patients with an isolated sternal fracture were identified. No patient developed new ECG changes or arrhythmias during the hospital stay. Cardiac enzymes were elevated in one patient (3.2%). No patient had any adverse cardiopulmonary outcome attributable to the sternal fracture.
CONCLUSION: The outcome of patients with an isolated sternal fracture and a normal ECG is very good. Routine admission and cardiac monitoring do not appear to be warranted in this subset of patients with a sternal fracture.
DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of hospital records.
SETTING: A large urban Level I trauma center.
TYPE OF PARTICIPANT: Blunt trauma patients with an isolated sternal fracture. Patients with other chest radiograph abnormalities were excluded, as were those with abnormal admission ECGs.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Thirty-one patients with an isolated sternal fracture were identified. No patient developed new ECG changes or arrhythmias during the hospital stay. Cardiac enzymes were elevated in one patient (3.2%). No patient had any adverse cardiopulmonary outcome attributable to the sternal fracture.
CONCLUSION: The outcome of patients with an isolated sternal fracture and a normal ECG is very good. Routine admission and cardiac monitoring do not appear to be warranted in this subset of patients with a sternal fracture.
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