Modifies a noun

• notch: Keeping the needle horizontal, advance posterior to the clavicle aiming for the sternal notch.

• fracture: Management of isolated sternal fractures: determining the risk of cardiac injury.

• recumbency: It may be preferable to keep these foals confined in sternal recumbency on a soft mat for as long as possible.

• infection: Tang ( 2000 ) described a case study using VAC to treat a deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery.

• wound: The case study does not report any contraindications using VAC therapy when treating the dehisced sternal wound where heart and pericardium were exposed.

• recession: This results in intercostal and sternal recession in small children with airway obstruction.