NF05

Asphyxiation

Asfixia

Category

Exclusions

  • Respiratory distress of newborn
  • Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • asphyxia from carbon monoxide
  • asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body

Index Terms

Asphyxiationsuffocation NOStraumatic asphyxiapositional asphyxiationasphyxia (ligature)suffocatingAsphyxia by bedclothesAsphyxiation by hangingasphyxia by hangingsuffocation due to hangingAsphyxiation or suffocation by strangulationasphyxia by strangulationSuffocation by strangulationSuffocation by cave-inSystemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient airSystemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathingAsphyxiation or suffocation by constrictionasphyxia due to constrictionsuffocation by constrictionAsphyxia due to gravitational changesAsphyxia from pressuremechanical asphyxiamechanical asphyxiationsuffocation by pressurePostnatal mechanical asphyxiaAsphyxia by suspension