Interpretation of Gas in Diving Autopsies
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Forensic pathologists have long recognised that the process of decomposition causes gas formation. Bacteria proliferate in the dead body, particularly in the blood vessels, breaking down blood and tissues and generating gas in a process of putrefaction. If decomposition was responsible for the intravascular gas then this gas should also be seen in non-diving fatalities. Resuscitation, using endotracheal intubation, positive pressure ventilation and intravenous cannulation, can cause subcutaneous emphysema and even air emboli. Eight out of 13 of the divers were subject to vigorous resuscitation. If resuscitation was responsible for the intravascular gas then it should also be present in nondiving fatalities.
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