Sentence examples for 1 strangulation from inspiring English sources

While there has been little difference in mean ages (71.3 years in the earlier group and 72.1 years in the later group), we have found that these patients tend to present as complicated hernias with 8 of 17 (47.1%) being incarcerated, followed by perforation (41.2%), 1 strangulation (5.9%) and 1 uncomplicated hernia (5.9%).

Neck compression occurs when a force is placed on the neck that compresses prominent blood vessels or airways and consists of two subtypes: 1) hanging, where a ligature places a force through the victim's body weight and 2) strangulation, where a force other than body weight is exerted on the neck (Dix et al. 2000, Prahlow 2010).

In a groundbreaking 2001 study, Strack sifted through 300 strangulation cases that had been submitted for misdemeanor prosecution to the San Diego city attorney's office.

Causes include traumatic head injury from fall (n = 4), strangulation (n = 1), suspected non accidental injury and cerebral hemorrhage (n = 1), submersion injury (n = 2) and suffocation (n = 1).

Among 23,757 asphyxiation suicides involving one type of asphyxiation, 22,663 involved hanging, 784 involved smothering, 168 involved chemicals or gasses, 134 involved strangulation, and 8 involved swallowing a foreign object.

Surgical diagnoses were; 2 colon impactions, 8 colon displacements, 1 colon necrosis, 1 small intestine volvolus, 2 small intestine incarcerations, 4 strangulations, 3 enteritis/colitis, 2 peritonitis and 1 abdominal neoplasia.

Borrowing from experience with spontaneous acute abdomens, CT effectively triages presence and degree of obstruction, transition point (Fig. 9) and possible signs of strangulation [22, 23, 24].

Most asphyxiation suicides involved hanging (90.7%, N = 22,931), 1717 (6.8%) involved smothering, 968 (3.8%) involved chemicals or gasses, 145 (0.6%) involved strangulation, 14 (<0.1%) involved swallowing a foreign object, and less than five involved removing medical care.

The only information that we were able to obtain about their children was the age at death (mean age 13.5; range 9.10-15.11) and method of suicide (76% strangulation, 14% firearm, 4% intoxication, 2% drowning and 4% not specified).

Because mortality rates of acute gastric volvulus reportedly range from 30 to 50 % with the major cause of death being strangulation [1, 2], it is important to provide a rapid and correct diagnosis and surgical management.

In 119 of the 308 homicide cases, victims were killed by shot-guns or explosives, 95 by cutting or piercing objects, 23 by hanging, strangulation or suffocation, 21 by fights without weapons, 5 by drowning, 4 were killed with blunt objects, and the remaining 41 cases were classified as killed by other or non-specified method.