title: A Rare and Serious Syndrome That Requires Attention in Emergency Service: Traumatic Asphyxia.
abstract: Traumatic asphyxia is a rare syndrome caused by blunt thoracoabdominal trauma and characterized by cyanosis, edema, and subconjunctival and petechial hemorrhage on the face, neck, upper extremities, and the upper parts of the thorax. Traumatic asphyxia is usually diagnosed by history and inspection; however, the patient should be monitored more closely due to probable complications of thoracoabdominal injuries. Treatment is conservative, but the prognosis depends on the severity of the associated injuries. Herein we present a traumatic asphyxia due to an elevator accident in a 32-year-old male patient and discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis by reviewing the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Nafiz Korez Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gultekin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gulbahar
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Nafiz Korez Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Gokhan
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gundogdu
authors.affiliation: Division of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dr. Nafiz Korez Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Nurdan
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kazanci
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kocer
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han