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asphyxia
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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as·phyx·i·a
/ asˈfiksēə/
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n.
a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.
DERIVATIVES:
as·phyx·i·al
adj.
as·phyx·i·ant
/ -sēənt/ adj. & n.
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Contribution of asphyxia to the induction of hearing impairment in jaundiced Gunn rats.
Magazine article from: Pediatrics; 4/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...study was designed to determine whether asphyxia contributes to the induction of hearing...during neonatal jaundice. Methods. Asphyxia was induced in jaundiced and nonjaundiced...and 3-month-old rats. Results. Asphyxia by itself or jaundice by itself did not...
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Declining diagnosis of birth asphyxia in California: 1991-2000.
Magazine article from: Pediatrics; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The clinical diagnosis of birth asphyxia, along with the closely related conditions of hypoxicischemic...perinatal care have altered the incidence of birth asphyxia is not known. Birth asphyxia is diagnosed in 2 to 9 per 1000 term births, depending...
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Reducing one million child deaths from birth asphyxia - a survey of health systems gaps and priorities.(Research)
Magazine article from: Health Research Policy and Systems; 5/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...corresponding author) [5] Background Birth asphyxia is the fifth largest cause of under...complications of preterm birth [1]. Birth asphyxia accounts for an estimated 0.92 million...million stillbirths [4], then birth asphyxia plus intrapartum stillbirths constitute...
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Chronic intermittent asphyxia impairs rat upper airway muscle responses to acute hypoxia and asphyxia *. (laboratory and animal investigations).
Magazine article from: Chest; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...This results in chronic intermittent asphyxia (CIA) due to repetitive apneas...EMG) responses to acute hypoxia and asphyxia. Design: Record upper airway EMG responses to acute hypoxia and asphyxia in control and CIA-treated rats...
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Newborn brain damage may be due to antepartum asphyxia.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 9/15/2004; 669 words
; ...newborns may be due to antepartum asphyxia. "Studies in the research laboratory...relationship between fetal and newborn asphyxia and brain damage, a balance between...degree, duration and nature of the asphyxia and the quality of the cardiovascular...
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Reports summarize asphyxia study results from University of Toronto.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 2/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...encephalopathy following (1) prolonged partial asphyxia, (2) acute near-total intrapartum asphyxia, and (3) the two combined. The time course...scientists in Toronto, Canada report (see also Asphyxia). "The asphyxial time course was prolonged...
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Sexual asphyxia ruled out as cause of death
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 5/21/2004; 611 words
; ...forensic pathologist ruled out sexual asphyxia as the cause of Noritta's death. Dr...Mansar told the court that in sexual asphyxia, there would be no sign of force on...you agree there is a term called sexual asphyxia in your field, where gagging is done...
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Studies from Fudan University add new findings in the area of asphyxia prevention.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...months in term infants after perinatal asphyxia,' is now available. According to a...in neonatal brainstem after perinatal asphyxia. Maximum-length sequence brainstem...108 term infants who suffered perinatal asphyxia." "Wave amplitude variables in the...
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Studies by P.A. van Iersel and co-authors describe new findings in asphyxia in children.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 2/2/2009; 631 words
; ...of general movements in term infants with asphyxia' have been presented. "Perinatal asphyxia may result in a developmental disorder...Apeldoorn, Netherlands report (see also Asphyxia). "To evaluate relationships between perinatal...
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Proton MRS in Neonatal Asphyxia.
Newspaper article from: Radiology Alert; 1/1/2000; 700+ words
; Proton MRS in Neonatal Asphyxia Abstract & commentary Synopsis...parenchymal changes that may accompany birth asphyxia; single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy...Neuroradiol 1999;20:1399-1405. Asphyxia is an unfortunate complication of...
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Asphyxia Neonatorum
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Asphyxia neonatorum Definition Asphyxia neonatorum is respiratory failure in the newborn, a condition...of oxygen before, during, or just after birth. Description Asphyxia neonatorum, also called birth or newborn asphyxia, is defined...
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asphyxia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
asphyxia , deficiency of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood and body tissues. Asphyxia, often referred to as suffocation, usually...oxygen in the red blood cells. Symptoms of asphyxia vary but may include light-headedness...
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Cerebral Palsy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...CP may be caused by lack of oxygen (asphyxia), infection, trauma, malnutrition...developing brain may cause CP in some cases. Asphyxia during birth is also possible, and about half of newborns known to have suffered asphyxia during birth (perinatal asphyxia) develop...
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Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...This lack of oxygen, also known as perinatal asphyxia or birth asphyxia, is an important cause of stillbirth and newborn...tissue. A lack of blood flow to an organ can cause asphyxia. Perinatal asphyxia can occur a long time before...
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Hanging (Signs Of)
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...to the brain. Both mechanisms cause asphyxia, in which body and brain are deprived of oxygen. However, asphyxia is not always the cause of death in...low hanging is more likely to lead to asphyxia and there may be some facial congestion...
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