Diagnostic issues in unusual asphyxial deaths

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dc.contributor.authorByard, R.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, D.
dc.contributor.authorJames, R.
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, J.
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractUpper airway occlusion may be due to a variety of causes and may result from accidents, suicides or homicides. Underlying natural diseases may also predispose to lethal choking episodes. A series of nine cases is reported to illustrate a range of circumstances that resulted in fatal upper airway compromise. These included suicide from upper airway obstruction due to an impacted blanket, and accidental deaths due to inhalation ofsoil, a rock, and a video cassette sticker. One death resulted from glottic obstruction due to a mucosal cavernous haemangioma, another from an enlarged tonsil, and two deaths were precipitated by underlying organic disease in the form of dementia and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The manner of death was not clear cut in two cases where there was evidence of possible accidental death or suicide.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2001; 8(4):214-217
dc.identifier.doi10.1054/jcfm.2001.0524
dc.identifier.issn1353-1131
dc.identifier.orcidByard, R. [0000-0002-0524-5942]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/32709
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1054/jcfm.2001.0524
dc.titleDiagnostic issues in unusual asphyxial deaths
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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