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Meaning of "asphyxia"
asphyxia (noun): Asphyxia is a medical term that refers to the deprivation of oxygen to the body, leading to suffocation or unconsciousness. It is a serious condition that requires prompt intervention to prevent severe complications
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- Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
- Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
- A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
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May cause asphyxia if present in high concentrations.
Respiratory distress and asphyxia may result.
Asphyxia from glottal edema may occur.
That is where this asphyxia takes place.
Asphyxia is commonly defined as a halt or difficulty in breathing.
The actual cause of death is thought to be asphyxia.
So positional asphyxia is not the cause of death.
He could be suffering from some form of asphyxia.
The risk of asphyxia by compression of the lungs.
Says petechial hemorrhaging indicates death by asphyxia.
Traumatic asphyxia due to neck compression.
Pinpoint petechial hemorrhages could indicate asphyxia.
Cause of death is asphyxia due to fresh water drowning.
Drowning persons die by what is called asphyxia.
Crush asphyxia due to chest compression by the look of it.
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Loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia.
Cause of death was asphyxia due to suffocation.
A scuba diver may be suffering from asphyxia.
Asphyxia due to inhalation of hot oil.
Cause of death was asphyxia from strangulation.
Asphyxia of unknown cause has occurred during delivery.
The causes of intrapartum asphyxia need to be recognized if it is to be prevented.
Asphyxia can cause coma or death.
The cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation.
Positional asphyxia is also a common cause of death in infants.
The emissions are toxic and may cause asphyxia.
Autoerotic asphyxia is the leading cause.
We have a petechial hemorrhaging which is synonymous with asphyxia.
Perinatal asphyxia is also related to mortality.
Acute cause of death appears to be asphyxia.
Asphyxia was not the cause of death.
Prenatal and neonatal asphyxia can not be expected.
Birth asphyxia is preventable in most cases.
I am willing to guess cause of death was asphyxia.
Positional asphyxia due to accident or illness.
I have given you delayed asphyxia.
Birth asphyxia and fetal distress.
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia.
This can cause asphyxia or pneumonia.
Seems the cause of death was asphyxia.
Is asphyxia due to manual strangulation.
I had a bad experience with autoerotic asphyxia recently.
Is asphyxia due to oropharyngeal obstruction.
Cause of death would appear to be asphyxia.
Positional asphyxia is not limited to restraint in a face down position.
Your son showed signs of asphyxia during labor.
I have seen this often in victims of erotic asphyxia.
Hypoxia of the fetus and asphyxia of the newborn.
You are not convinced by the theory of gerontophile asphyxia.
Effects of hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia on childhood outcomes.
