Delayed Death Caused by Gassing in a Silo Containing Green Forage

Delayed death caused by gassing in a silo containing green forage.

Three workers died from carbon dioxide poisoning in a partly underground silo which had been almost completely emptied of green forage. Two died at once, the third after five days without regaining consciousness. Several similar cases are reported in the literature. Wrede (1936) described a case of carbon dioxide poisoning which occurred in a cellar through the escape of gas from a beer barrel....

a case of death caused by tracheal tube aspiration

discussion the vigilance and experience of medical personnel in the icu, appropriate iv sedation, and using a bite block are the best ways to prevent mortality caused by aspiration of an ett in all intubated patients. case presentation we report a case of death caused by tracheal tube aspiration, where it was located distal to the vocal cords, with a part of it entering the right bronchus and t...

[Poisoning by CO2 in a silo].

Sulforaphane protects astrocytes against oxidative stress and delayed death caused by oxygen and glucose deprivation.

Oxidative stress is an important molecular mechanism of astrocyte injury and death following ischemia/reperfusion and may be an effective target of intervention. One therapeutic strategy for detoxifying the many different reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that are produced under these conditions is induction of the Phase II gene response by the use of chemicals or conditions that promote the...

[Unusual findings in a death caused by a car fire].

Witnesses detected a burning car in the parking lot next to a discotheque in the early morning hours. After the fire had been extinguished, the charred body of the 23-year-old car owner was found in the driver's seat. The young man had been a guest of the discotheque the previous night and consumed plenty of alcoholic drinks. The traces left by the fire on the car suggested that the fire had st...