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Chapter XIX
Asphyxiation - T71
Suffocation (by strangulation)
Systemic oxygen deficiency due to:
· low oxygen content in ambient air
· mechanical threat to breathing
Excludes:
- anoxia due to high altitude ( T70.2 )
- asphyxia from:
· carbon monoxide ( T58 )
· inhalation of food or foreign body ( T17.- )
· other gases, fumes and vapours ( T59.- )
- respiratory distress (syndrome) in:
· adult ( J80 )
· newborn ( P22.- )
Related drugs:
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