Intracranial insertion of a nasogastric tube in a case of homicidal head trauma

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-334

  Gianelli Castiglione, Andrea ^a,b   Bruzzone, E ^a   Burrello, C ^a   Pisani, R ^a   Ventura, F ^a   Canale, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Departimento di Medicina Legale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head trauma; Intracranial insertion; Nasogastric tube

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH INTUBATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345369461     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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