Hospital Restraints: Safe or Dangerous? A Case of Hospital Death Due to Asphyxia from the Use of Mechanical Restraints

Asphyxia can be defined as an impediment to the influx of air into the respiratory tract, leading to tissue hypoxia. By restraint, we mean the use of physical, pharmacological and/or environmental means to limit the subject’s ability to move. Fall prevention is the main reason restraint is used. Unf...

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Autores principales: Scalise, Carmen, Cordasco, Fabrizio, Sacco, Matteo Antonio, Aquila, Valerio Riccardo, Ricci, Pietrantonio, Aquila, Isabella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9322702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886284
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148432

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9322702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886284
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148432

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