Wankhede AG. A throttled hemophilic who died due to choking.
Forensic Sci Int 2007;
171:e21-3. [PMID:
17630241 DOI:
10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.06.009]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2007] [Revised: 05/26/2007] [Accepted: 06/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
It is the first reported case, in which death occurred due to asphyxia by choking in a victim of throttling. When an alcoholic hemophilic patient was throttled, he became unconscious. On regaining consciousness he died after approximately 16 h due to sub-mucosal collection of extravasated blood which blocked his upper respiratory tract. This paper stresses this unique danger of trauma to neck in hemophilic patients.
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