Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation

Internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) ... It is most commonly associated with blunt chest trauma, which results in a flail chest. However, if paradoxical movement of the chest is noted in the absence of trauma, the patient may be suffering from a spontaneous pneumothorax or have a congenital abnormality. ................
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