Asphyxial Death During Prone Restraint Revisited
| Autor: | Janice G. Frank, Ronald L. O'Halloran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adult
Restraint Physical medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Poison control Autopsy Suicide prevention California Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Asphyxia Cause of Death Injury prevention Prone Position medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Retrospective Studies Cause of death business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Prone position Female Medical emergency medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 21:39-52 |
| ISSN: | 0195-7910 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00000433-200003000-00007 |
| Popis: | Determining the cause of death when a restrained person suddenly dies is a problem for death investigators. Twenty-one cases of death during prone restraint are reported as examples of the common elements and range of variation in these apparently asphyxial events. A reasonable diagnosis of restraint asphyxia can usually be made after ruling out other causes and collecting supportive participant and witness statements in a timely fashion. Common elements in this syndrome include prone restraint with pressure on the upper torso; handcuffing, leg restraint, or hogtying; acute psychosis and agitation, often stimulant drug induced; physical exertion and struggle; and obesity. Establishing a temporal association between the restraint and the sudden loss of consciousness/death is critical to making a correct determination of cause of death. |
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