ASPHYXIA

Tjiang Sari Lestari

Department of Forensic & Medicolegal
Faculty of Medicine
Hasanuddin University

What Is Asphyxia?

Ancient Greek:
a = without
sphyxis = heartbeat

Principles:
Disturbance of respiratory gas exchanges
Depletion of O2 in the blood (hypoxia)
Increase of CO2 in the blood (hypercapnia)
Decrease of the tissue oxygen supply

What Causes Asphyxia?

Asphyxial deaths are caused by the

failure of cells to receive or utilize O2 +
failure to eliminate CO2.

Types of Hypoxia
Hypoxic hypoxia

Stages of Asphyxia

Classical Signs of Asphyxia

Visceral congestion

Types of Asphyxia

Disruption of
O2 intake

Disruption of O2
uptake, transport,
and/or utilization

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Conjunctival
petechiae

Petechiae on the
scalp

Petechiae on the
inner side of the lips

Petechiae on internal
organs

How petechiae occurs

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lips

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