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Asphyxia in a confined space

Published:2007-04 Issue:2 Volume:47 Page:165-170
ISSN:0025-8024
Container-title:Medicine, Science and the Law
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Sci Law

Author:

De Giorgio Fabio¹,Abbate Antonio²,Arena Vincenzo³,De Mercurio Domenico¹,Fucci Nadia¹,Vetrugno Giuseppe¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

2. Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Centre, Richmond, Virginia, USA

3. Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Abstract

We describe a death in a hospital wardrobe of a 40-year-old male suffering from HIV infection and lobar pneumonia. On the basis of circumstantial evidence and autopsy findings we conclude that the cause of death was asphyxia in a confined space as a result of several pathomechanical factors. As well as establishing the cause and manner of death, the interpretation of the case involves the evaluation of the professional responsibility of the medical personnel. This report discusses different aspects concerning the cause, mechanism, and manner of death and illustrates various problems encountered in forensic pathology.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Health Policy,Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/rsmmsl.47.2.165

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