[Medical and social characteristics of patients with septic complications of the closed thoracic injury].

231 cases of septic complications after the closed thoracic injury were analyzed. All patients were divided into groups according to the injury mechanism and inhabitancy. Patients with medico-social deviations, as well as patients with hemocontact infections, mental insanity and social deviations were marked out. The leading mechanisms of the closed thoracic injury were: fall from a height (34.2%), assault and battery (24.7%) and automobile accident (16.4%). 51.1% of patients were reported to have any medico-social deviations. Among the patients with socially important infections, the distribution was as follows: persons with no fixed abode (50%), incomers from the near-abroad countries (36.4%), victims of assault (28.1%) and pedestrians (21.4%).