Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
Respiratory physiotherapy is routinely performed after thoracic surgery operations to increase lung expansion and prevent pulmonary complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia. It is a controversial issue whether respiratory physiotherapy reduces pulmonary complications in rib fractures. In our study, patients with rib fractures will be divided into two groups. In the control group, standard treatment consisting of routine analgesic treatments will be applied. In the other group, respiratory physiotherapy will be applied with triflu for 8 hours a day. At the end of the study, pulmonary complications in both groups will be compared.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Isolated thoracic injury within 24 hours * Age between 18-100 Exclusion Criteria: * Pneumothorax and hemothorax requiring intervention at admission * Injury severity index \>16 * COPD, Atshma * Extrathoracic trauma