Asphyxial deaths
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This article deals with asphyxial deaths, where "asphyxia" is used in the conventional context, i.e. it is not used appropriately when considered from the perspective of its etymology (as pointed-out by Knight).[1]
Asphyxia is, etymologically, lacking pulsation; in common usage it is essentially hypoxia (blood lacking oxygen)[2] and anoxia (tissues lacking oxygen).[3]
Overview
DiMaio classification:[4]
| Asphyxia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strangulation | Chemical | Suffocation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanging | Ligature | Manual | Mechanical | Choking | Smothering | Environmental | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Positional | Overlay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Saukko, Pekka; Knight, Bernard (2004). Knight's Forensic Pathology (3rd ed.). A Hodder Arnold Publication. pp. 352. ISBN 978-0340760444.
- ↑ URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypoxia. Accessed on: 12 September 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anoxia. Access ed on: 12 September 2010.
- ↑ DiMaio, Vincent J.M.; Dana, Suzanna E. (2006). Handbook of Forensic Pathology (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 155-64. ISBN 978-0849392870.