| Description |
1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Section 1: History of Asphyxia-related Deaths and Crime Statistics -- 1. History of Asphyxia-related Deaths -- 2. Nicolae Minovici and His Self-hanging Experiments -- 3. Crime Statistics -- 4. Homicide Methods over Time -- 5. Case Series on Homicidal Strangulation: Criminalistic and Forensic Pathology -- Section 2: Pathophysiology -- 6. Pathophysiology -- Section 3: Investigations and Investigative Techniques -- 7. Crime Scene Investigation -- 8. Normal Anatomy -- 9. Pathology |
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10. Autopsy of Asphyxiation, Suffocation and Neck Pressure Deaths -- 11. Neuropathology -- 12. Neurohistology -- Section 4: Anatomical and Other Findings -- 13. Histopathology of the Lung in Asphyxiation, Suffocation and Pressure to the Neck -- 14. Asphyxia-triggered Inflammatory Reaction Patterns of the Lung -- 15. Molecular Pathology -- 16. Biochemistry -- 17. Intoxication as a Risk Factor -- Section 5: General Remarks: Accident/Suicide/Homicide -- 18. Homicide -- 19. Suicide -- 20. Accident -- Section 6: Different Types of Asphyxiation/Suffocation/Strangulation |
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21. Obstruction of the Respiratory Orifices, Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia -- 22. Traumatic, Crush and Compression Asphyxia Including 'Burking' -- 23. Positional Traumatic and Restraint Asphyxia -- 24. Death Upside Down -- 25. Traumatic Carotid Sinus Reflex -- 26. Bolus death -- 27. Drowning -- 28. Autoerotic Asphyxiation -- 29. Plastic Bag Asphyxia -- 30. Death at High Altitude -- 31. Death at Depth -- 32. Excited Delirium -- 33. Suffocation/Asphyxiation in Childhood: Differential Diagnosis to SIDS -- 34. Masking of Homicide |
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35. Suffocation during/after Anaesthesia or due to Medical Malpractice -- 36. Entrapment and Incaprettamento -- 37. Asphyxia due to Metabolic Poisons -- 38. Survived Neck Compression -- 39. Pitfalls and Mistakes -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429531774 |
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042953177X |
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