Suicidal choking caused by a bizarre combination of inhalation to the bronchi and external neck compression

Pampín, JoséM. Blanco; Varela, Luis García

doi:10.1016/s1344-6223(01)00015-3

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“…This occasional occurrence of suicidal choking was reported in the textbook by Saukko and Knight (2). A few case reports are also found in the forensic literature (46)(47)(48). This study is a first step in obtaining evidence-based data to support our common body of knowledge.…”

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confidence: 61%

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Nonchemical Suffocation Deaths in Forensic Setting: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study of Environmental Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, and Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia*

Boghossian¹,

Tambuscio²,

Sauvageau³

2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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There are still several areas of forensic pathology mainly based on tradition, with textbooks explaining and describing common knowledge that is not supported by modern research data. This study is intended to contribute to evidence-based data on nonchemical suffocation deaths in the forensic population aged more than 1 year. From 2000 to 2005, all autopsy cases were reviewed: age, gender, type of suffocation, and manner of death were compiled for all victims (96 cases). In general, the results from this study are concordant with the textbook literature, therefore supporting common knowledge related to manner of death in nonchemical suffocation. However, discrepancies have been underscored in smothering: smothering, contrary to the general belief, is probably not mostly homicidal, and accidental smothering is probably not that unusual. Furthermore, new data without actual literature correlates were obtained in the conducting of this study and are presented here.

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confidence: 61%

“…This occasional occurrence of suicidal choking was reported in the textbook by Saukko and Knight (2). A few case reports are also found in the forensic literature (46–48). …”

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confidence: 99%

Nonchemical Suffocation Deaths in Forensic Setting: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study of Environmental Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, and Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia*

Boghossian¹,

Tambuscio²,

Sauvageau³

2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…Conversely, choking (as defined by Sauvageau and Boghossian) should usually be accidental or suicidal in manner because the subject who wants to kill her/himself, in an attempt to make an irreversible action, inserts the object in depth, generally below the level of the epiglottis with the purpose of not being capable of extracting it. There are indeed many cases reported in the literature on simple and complex suicidal choking, all concerning psychiatric subjects, who inserted various means below the epiglottis, such as talcum powder , poison ivy , tissue paper , newspaper fragments , and a closed pill‐bottle .…”

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confidence: 99%

Suicidal Smothering by Rubber Latex Gloves and Handkerchief

Viero

Cecchetto

Boscolo‐Berto

et al. 2015

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Asphyxial deaths are common in forensic practice, being sustained by a variety of mechanisms that cause an oxygen deficiency to the brain. Several classification models have been proposed in the literature, the most recent one being that of the International Network for Forensic Research Group (INFOR). This report describes an unusual case of suffocation where the obstruction of the airways was caused by a gag formed of three latex gloves and a handkerchief. The manner of death (differential diagnosis between homicide and suicide) and the different alternatives of classification are discussed.

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“…This case was particularly unusual as the individual was not schizophrenic, as many of the individuals in these cases are, and also because the foreign object was found so low in the respiratory tract. 16 Another report presents the case of a female psychiatric patient who committed suicide by ingesting and inhaling talcum powder. 17 At autopsy, caked white powder was found in the larynx, trachea, and main bronchi.…”

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Choking on Toilet Paper

Sauvageau¹,

Yesovitch²

2006

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

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While reports of suicide by smothering and strangulation are common, suicide by choking is far more rare. In addition to the act being difficult to carry out, suspected cases are not easily distinguished from accidental or homicidal deaths. Here, we present a case of suicide by choking on toilet paper in a patient with a long history of schizophrenia. The case was ruled a suicide based on the patient having been witnessed in a previous unsuccessful attempt of the same act.

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Suicidal choking caused by a bizarre combination of inhalation to the bronchi and external neck compression

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

Nonchemical Suffocation Deaths in Forensic Setting: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study of Environmental Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, and Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia*

Nonchemical Suffocation Deaths in Forensic Setting: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study of Environmental Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, and Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia*

Suicidal Smothering by Rubber Latex Gloves and Handkerchief

Choking on Toilet Paper

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