The Investigation of an Unusual Asphyxial Death in a Hospital

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 255, Issue 18, 1986, Pages 2472-2474

  Sperry, Kris ^a   Smialek, John Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEOTOMY TUBE;

ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0022649289     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03370180098040     Document Type: Article

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