Difference between revisions of "Asphyxial deaths"

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===General===
===General===
Many artefactual findings:
Many artefactual findings:
*Postmortem epidural hematoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ritter | first1 = C. | title = [A heat gelatinized subdural hematoma in a burned cadaver as an indication of a vital accident]. | journal = Z Rechtsmed | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 227-30 | month =  | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2309533 }}</ref>
*Postmortem [[epidural hematoma]].<ref name=pmid2309533>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ritter | first1 = C. | title = [A heat gelatinized subdural hematoma in a burned cadaver as an indication of a vital accident]. | journal = Z Rechtsmed | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 227-30 | month =  | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2309533 }}</ref>
**[[Subdural hemmatoma]]s are ''not'' considered artefactual.
*Pugilistic attitude (boxer's position/stance).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Levy | first1 = AD. | last2 = Harcke | first2 = HT. | last3 = Getz | first3 = JM. | last4 = Mallak | first4 = CT. | title = Multidetector computed tomography findings in deaths with severe burns. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 2 | pages = 137-41 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181879cc9 | PMID = 19465802 }}</ref>
*Pugilistic attitude (boxer's position/stance).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Levy | first1 = AD. | last2 = Harcke | first2 = HT. | last3 = Getz | first3 = JM. | last4 = Mallak | first4 = CT. | title = Multidetector computed tomography findings in deaths with severe burns. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 2 | pages = 137-41 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181879cc9 | PMID = 19465802 }}</ref>
*Heat fractures.
*Heat fractures.
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