Fatalities related to medical restraint devices-Asphyxia is a common finding

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Karger, B ^a   Fracasso, T ^a   Pfeiffer, H ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Fixation; Medical restraint

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESTRAINT; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; STRANGULATION;

EID: 44349190827     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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