# flail chest

> life-threatening medical condition that occurs when a segment of the rib cage breaks due to trauma and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall

**Wikidata**: [Q1061988](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1061988)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_chest)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/flail-chest


## References

1. Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [Source](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319924)
4. [Source](https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/classification/icd/icd-10/icd-10-to-meddra-map---june-2023---codes-mapping.xlsx)
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)