Death Following Atypical Compression of the Neck

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-368

  Di Nunno, Nunzio ^a   Vacca, Michele ^a   Costantinides, Fulvio ^b   Di Nunno, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical compression of the neck; Bed bars; Nursing home; Vagal reflex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CONJUNCTIVA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MENTAL DISEASE; NECK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NURSING HOME; PETECHIA; RESUSCITATION; SKIN DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; BEDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0345306750     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000098506.31964.f5     Document Type: Article

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