ASPHYXIA NONATORUM

Birth asphyxia.

Traumatic asphyxia

BACKGROUND Traumatic asphyxia is probably much more common than the surgical literature shows and should always be kept in mind as a possible complication of injuries of the chest and abdomen. AIMS Traumatic asphyxia or Perte's syndrome results from a severe crush injury causing sudden compression of the thorax. During a 3-year period, we treated five cases of traumatic asphyxia, which we rep...

Asphyxia Neonatorum

Asphyxia Pallida

On 1st September, 1931, at 8 p.m. I was called in to attend on an Indian lady who was in protracted labour pain. The patient was about 37 years of age and a multipara, this being her tenth baby. Her last child was still-born and was delivered with the aid of instruments. She had apparently been in labour for 3 days and the membranes had ruptured early that morning. I found her in a very exhaust...

Asphyxia Pallida

January, 1932. The patient was a multipara, aged about 40 years. The country dhai who was in attendance informed me that the child had already passed meconium. On examination, it was found to be a case of breech presentation. An apparently-lifeless female child was delivered after extracting both legs in turn. There was a little delay and trouble in bringing out the aftercoming head. The cord w...