"Oxygen deprivation" redirects here. For other uses, see Hypoxia (disambiguation) and Asphyxia (disambiguation).
"Smother" and "Suffocation" redirect here. For other uses, see Smother (disambiguation) and Suffocation (disambiguation).
Medical condition
Asphyxia
Other names
Asphyxiation
The neck contains several vulnerable targets for compression, including the carotid arteries and the trachea.
Specialty
Critical care medicine
Complications
Coma
Frequency
9.8 million unintentional worldwide (2015)[1]
Deaths
35,600 worldwide (2015)[2]
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing.[citation needed] Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are many circumstances that can induce asphyxia, all of which are characterized by the inability of a person to acquire sufficient oxygen through breathing for an extended period of time. Asphyxia can cause coma or death.
In 2015, about 9.8 million cases of unintentional suffocation occurred which resulted in 35,600 deaths.[1][2] The word asphyxia is from Ancient Greek α- "without" and σφύξιςsphyxis, "squeeze" (throb of heart).[3]
^ abVos T, Allen C, Arora M, Barber RM, Bhutta ZA, Brown A, et al. (October 2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1545–1602. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6. PMC 5055577. PMID 27733282.
^ abWang H, Naghavi M, Allen C, Barber RM, Bhutta ZA, Carter A, et al. (October 2016). "Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1459–1544. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31012-1. PMC 5388903. PMID 27733281.
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