Asphyxia

Asphyxia , "pulse, heartbeat") is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs most sensitive to hypoxia first, such as the brain, hence resulting in cerebral hypoxia. Asphyxia is usually characterized by air hunger, but this is not always the case; the urge to breathe is triggered by rising carbon dioxide levels in the blood rather than diminishing oxygen levels. Sometimes there is not enough carbon dioxide to cause air hunger, and victims become hypoxic without knowing it. This may occur, for example, if the oxygen in the air of an enclosed space is displaced by a large amount of inert gas. In any case, the absence of effective remedial action will very rapidly lead to unconsciousness, brain damage, and death. The time to death is dependent on the particular mechanism of asphyxia. Asphyxia is used to maim or kill in capital punishment, suicide, torture, and warfare. It is also used non-fatally in martial arts, combat sports, BDSM, and during sex as erotic asphyxia. Because the need to breathe is triggered by the level of carbon dioxide in the blood, some victims may not experience an urgent need to breathe and may remain unaware of the onset of hypoxia. (From the Wikpedia article Asphyxia.)

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Recent Publications on Asphyxia:
Observations on Increased Accidental Asphyxia Deaths in Infancy While Cosleeping in the State of Maryland. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has recorded a significant...	11th November, 2009	From the *Key Laboratory of Evidence Science (L.L., D.R.F.), China	Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Nov 6. DOI Direct Link
[How should neonatal mortality be reduced?] Background. A newborn dies every 10th second; a pregnant woman dies during...	10th November, 2009		Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2009 Nov 5;129(21):2270-3. DOI Direct Link
Perinatal mortality contributors in singleton gestation. Objective: To determine the feto-maternal factors contributing to...	6th November, 2009	Department of Obestetrics and Gynaecology, Dow University of Health	J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2009 Nov;19(11):711-3. DOI Direct Link
Acute peritoneal dialysis in very low birth weight neonates using a vascular catheter. We report on our experience with acute peritoneal dialysis (APD) in 16...	4th November, 2009	Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ajou University, San 5	Pediatr Nephrol. 2009 Nov 3. DOI Direct Link
Mesenchymal stem cell treatment after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury improves behavioral outcome and induces neuronal and oligodendrocyte regeneration. Birth asphyxia is a frequent cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality...	4th November, 2009	Laboratory for Psychoneuroimmunology and; Department of Neonatology,	Brain Behav Immun. 2009 Oct 30. DOI Direct Link
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BioNews Results for Asphyxia:
Cooling Baby May Mitigate Effects of Oxygen Deprivation	MedPage Today:  Nov 5 2009 11:57PM Matching: asphyxia
IVF baby in hospital blunders could have been saved	Manchester Evening News:  Nov 5 2009 4:14PM Matching: asphyxia
IVF baby in hospital blunders could have been saved	Oldham Advertiser:  Nov 5 2009 10:51AM Matching: asphyxia
Pushing for over 2 hours during delivery increases maternal, neonatal morbidity	MedWire News:  Nov 2 2009 7:48PM Matching: asphyxia
Cardiac troponin I at birth is of fetal-neonatal origin	ADC Fetal and Neonatal:  Oct 21 2009 7:24PM Matching: asphyxia
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Asphyxia Clinical Trials:
Magnesium Sulphate in Perinatal Asphyxia

Asphyxia Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7387608	Apparatus and method for the treatment of sleep related disorders
7432296	Pharmaceutical formulations containing substituted 2-aryl-aminoacetic acid compounds and/or substituted 2-heteroaryl-aminoacetic acid compounds
7439063	Neuroprotective synergy of erythropoietin and insulin-like growth factors
7452894	Purine derivatives as purinergic receptor antagonists
7456179	Methods of treating ischemic related conditions
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