i have suffered from abdominal pain for 10 years !! upper right quadrant, i have had numerous ultra-sounds, but they found nothing, finally, i was sent for a hida scan, when i had the injection that simulated eating a fatty meal, and how my gall bladder would react,,,,, i became horribly ill, i was told this would last aprx 3 to 5 minutes, the nausea, and pain lasted for a few days, it was absolutely horrible, the results of the hida scan showed no stones, but that my gall bladder was ...
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Flail chest is multiple adjacent rib fractures that result in a segment of the chest wall separating from the rest of the thoracic cage; it is a marker for injury to the underlying lung. A single rib may fracture in more than one place. If multiple adjacent ribs fracture in â¥ 2 places, the breaks in each rib result in a segment of chest wall that is not mechanically connected to the rest of the thoracic cage (flail segment). This flail segment moves paradoxically (ie, outward during expiration and inward during inspirationâsee Figure: Flail chest.).