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Asphyxia

Asphyxia: Introduction

Asphyxia: Inability to breath and suffocation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Asphyxia is available below.

Symptoms of Asphyxia

• Breathing difficulty
• Rapid pulse
• High blood pressure
• Cyanosis
• Convulsions
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 8 symptoms of Asphyxia

Treatments for Asphyxia

• First aid to remove foreign body
• Emergency rescuscitation
• Expired Air Rescuscitation (EAR)
• Cardio-Pulmonary Rescuscitation (CPR)
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Asphyxia

Wrongly Diagnosed with Asphyxia?

• Misdiagnosis of Asphyxia
• Failure to diagnose Asphyxia
• Hidden causes of Asphyxia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Asphyxia

Asphyxia: Related Patient Stories

• Cardio Asphyxia

Asphyxia: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Asphyxia.

Types of Asphyxia

• Birth asphyxia
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Asphyxia

Asphyxia: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Asphyxia:

• Brain damage
• Death
• more complications...»

Causes of Asphyxia

• Choking
• Foreign body
• Suffocation
• Toxin fumes
• Carbon monoxide poisoning (type of Poisoning)
• more causes...»

See full list of 15 causes of Asphyxia

More information about causes of Asphyxia:

• Underlying causes of Asphyxia
• Asphyxia as a complication caused by other conditions

Disease Topics Related To Asphyxia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Asphyxia:

• Drowining
• Dyspnea
• more related diseases...»

Prognosis for Asphyxia

More about prognosis of Asphyxia

Research about Asphyxia

Visit our research pages for current research about Asphyxia treatments.

Clinical Trials for Asphyxia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Asphyxia include:

• Antenatal Allopurinol During Fetal Hypoxia. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - allopurinol
• Body Cooling for Birth Asphyxia in Term Infants - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Neonatal Resuscitation in Zambia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• First Breath: Neonatal Resuscitation in Developing Countries - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Esophageal Motility and Airway Defenses Among Infants - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 8 Clinical Trials for Asphyxia

Statistics for Asphyxia

• Medical statistics for Asphyxia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Asphyxia
• Society statistics for Asphyxia

Asphyxia: Broader Related Topics

• Death conditions
• more types...»

Types of Asphyxia

Asphyxia Message Boards

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Definitions of Asphyxia:

A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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