The English Wikipedia article "Traumatic asphyxia", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_asphyxia
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Wikipedia: Traumatic asphyxia
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Traumatic asphyxia, or Perte's syndrome, is a medical emergency caused by an intense compression of the thoracic cavity, causing venous back-flow from the right side of the heart into the veins of the neck and the brain.
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