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Table 2 Comparison of the pulmonary ventilation function of different sites of fracture on the chest wall

From: Preliminary study of the characteristics of rib fractures and their impact on pulmonary ventilatory function

site

n

VC

P

FEV1

P

PEF

P

Left

60

0.43 (0.24–0.69)

0.292

0.38 (0.20–0.72)

0.627

0.18 (0.09–0.41)

0.567

Right

46

0.44 (0.28–0.83)

 

0.36 (0.24–0.66)

 

0.19 (0.07–0.70)

 

Bilateral

12

0.36 (0.24–0.66)

 

0.35 (0.20–0.70)

 

0.19 (0.12–0.43)

 

High

5

0.47 (0.32–0.54)

0.766

0.33 (0.30–0.56)

0.427

0.20 (0.15–0.32)

0.899

Middle

9

0.53 (0.27–0.83)

 

0.51 (0.26–0.77)

 

0.22 (0.15–0.41)

 

Low

8

0.55 (0.50–0.60)

 

0.55 (0.42–0.68)

 

0.43 (0.16–0.70)

 

Anterior

13

0.43 (0.32–0.83)

0.508

0.35 (0.27–0.77)

0.442

0.19 (0.13–0.34)

0.695

Lateral

19

0.45 (0.27–0.66)

 

0.41 (0.25–0.72)

 

0.19 (0.13–0.43)

 

Posterior

12

0.48 (0.38–0.61)

 

0.43 (0.36–0.68)

 

0.18 (0.15–0.70)

 
  1. VC vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second, PEF peak expiratory flow