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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;14(4):289-95.
doi: 10.1097/00000433-199312000-00004.

Restraint asphyxiation in excited delirium

R L O'Halloran  1 , L V Lewman
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Case Reports

Restraint asphyxiation in excited delirium

R L O'Halloran et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Eleven cases of sudden death of men restrained in a prone position by police officers are reported. Nine of the men were hogtied, one was tied to a hospital gurney, and one was manually held prone. All subjects were in an excited delirious state when restrained. Three were psychotic, whereas the others were acutely delirious from drugs (six from cocaine, one from methamphetamine, and one from LSD). Two were shocked with stun guns shortly before death. The literature is reviewed and mechanisms of death are discussed.

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  • Restraint asphyxiation.
    Hirsch CS. Hirsch CS. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1994 Sep;15(3):266. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1994. PMID: 7825561 No abstract available.
  • Custody restraint asphyxia.
    Patel F. Patel F. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2000 Jun;21(2):196-7. doi: 10.1097/00000433-200006000-00021. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2000. PMID: 10871139 No abstract available.

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