Polohová asfyxia: náhodná smrť v polohe dolu hlavou v jazvečej nore

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Authors: Alžbeta Ginelliová ¹; Daniel Farkaš ¹; Silvia Farkašová Iannaccone ²
Authors‘ workplace: Medico-legal Department of Health Care Surveillance Authority, Košice, Slovak Republic ¹; Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic ²
Published in: Soud Lék., 69, 2024, No. 2, p. 20-22
Category: Original Article

Overview

Zadusenie pri nepriaznivej polohe tela môže nastať pri takej polohe, ktorá znemožňuje alebo podstatne obmedzuje normálne dýchanie. Autori v kazuistite popisujú prípad 67-ročného muža, ktorý bol nájdený bez známok života v jazvečej nore v polohe dolu hlavou. Pri pitve sa zistili celkové známky dusenia, výrazné prekrvenie hornej polovice tela s početnými krvnými výronmi v koži tváre, krku a hornej časti hrudníka, v očných spojovkách, v ústnej sliznici a v mäkkých lebečných pokrývkach. Bezprostrednou príčinou smrti bola polohová asfyxia v polohe dolu hlavou v jazvečej nore.

Klíčová slova:

pitva – polohová asfyxia – poloha dolu hlavou – jazvečia nora

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2024 Issue 2