Over the last two decades there has been a widespread interest in the study of variations in the beat-to-beat timing of the heart, known as heart rate variability (HRV). The studies of heart rate variability have allowed access to useful information about disturbances in autonomic regulation, which are a promising marker to quantify autonomic activity. Heart rate variability has become the conv...

Asphyxia secondary to airway obstruction has numerous underlying causes, both acute and chronic. Causes of chronic airway obstruction, such as neoplasms and tracheal scarring, are often clinically apparent well prior to asphyxia. Causes of acute airway obstruction may not be as obvious to clinicians or investigators. These include infections, anaphylactic reactions, status asthmaticus, inhalati...

A case of sexual asphyxial death by hanging is presented. A 41-year-old man was found dead hanging by a towrope. A mirror was placed in front of a table, reflecting him in full height. A photograph of a celebrity mannequin was found against him. The towrope was arranged for the compression of the neck, and controlled voluntarily by a shower apparatus. Autopsy findings revealed an ascending liga...

A 51 year-old woman was found confused while crawling across a field. She had marked facial cyanosis and edema with cutaneous petechiae, subconjuctival hemorrhages, and echymosis across her anterior neck (image 1). Mild cerebral edema and a non-displaced thyroid cartilage fracture were found on computed tomography (CT) . The patient recovered full neuro-cognitive function within 24 hours and re...

Abstract Background Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal mortality worldwide. We sought to explore experiences health care workers in managing foetal distress birth gain an understanding challenges a low-income setting. Methods conducted in-depth interviews with 12 midwives 4 doctors working maternity units from different facilities Northern Uganda 201...

Background: Asphyxia is the second most common cause of neonatal death after babies with low birth weight (LBW). The factors that can asphyxia include preeclampsia, premature birth, prenatal anemia, antepartum bleeding and rupture membranes. Purpose: This study aimed to determine main causative associated incidence neonatorum at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang in 2021. Methods: research was a quantit...

background: asphyxia is a common cause of perinatal mortality in 5-10% of all births worldwide. the present parameters for determining perinatal asphyxia, e.g. preeclampsia, cannot be considered as markers per se, and require auxiliary markers, e.g. increased number of nucleated red blood (nrbc) cells, for early diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia. objective: in this study, we evaluated the mean nr...