Prevalence of Atelectasis in Critical Trauma Patients

The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lung Atelectasis in Patients With Critical Trauma Who Are Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated

The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence rate and risk factors for pulmonary complications in patients with critical trauma who intubated and mechanical ventilation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• An inclusion criterion is the traumatic patients (e.g. head injury, blunt chest, blunt abdomen, and fracture of spine; with or without operative, pure or multitrauma) with intubation and mechanical ventilation who admit at this time period will recruit to the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• a patients who admit less than 1 day will be excluded such as sudden death or moving to other ward because of improving conditions, etc.