Fatal splenic rupture following heimlich maneuver: Case report and literature review

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-171

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Viel, Guido ^a   Cecchetto, Attilio ^a   Kusstatscher, Stefano ^b   Montisci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ROVIGO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

choking by foreign body; fatal peritoneal hemorrhage; Heimlich maneuver; spleen; splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY; EXSANGUINATION; FIRST AID; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN; EMERGENCIES; EXSANGUINATION; FIRST AID; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 79957978232     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c878     Document Type: Review

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