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09-07-2022 | Autopsy | Letter to the Editor

Commentary on the “Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death”: the complex asphyxiation

Authors: Aleksa Leković, Vladimir Živković, Slobodan Nikolić

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2022

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We have read with interest the article “Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death”, in which Cinquetti et al. described a case of a woman entrapped between the mattress and edge of a bed storage box who died due to “asphyxiation by three different mechanisms acting simultaneously: neck compression and traumatic and postural asphyxia” [1]. The authors highlight the possibility that several pathophysiologic mechanisms’ simultaneous contributions must be considered to reconstruct the dynamics of a particular event and asphyxiation [1‐4]. …
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Title
Commentary on the “Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death”: the complex asphyxiation
Authors
Aleksa Leković
Vladimir Živković
Slobodan Nikolić
Publication date
09-07-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Keyword
Autopsy
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-022-00500-6

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