Asphyxia due to pacifiers--case report and review of the literature |
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Authors: | Wehner Frank Martin David D Wehner Heinz-Dieter |
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Institution: | Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Universit?t Tübingen, N?gelestrasse 5, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany. frank.wehner@uni-tuebingen.de |
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Abstract: | Pacifiers and bottle nipples entail the risk of asphyxia when they are swallowed, self-made or have become porous, or when used by older children whose teeth and chewing musculature have developed beyond the suckling stage. A further danger lies in the various devices used to tie the pacifier to the child, as they can cause strangulation. On the basis of this first case of a 2-year-old biting off a piece of her pacifier and fatally aspirating it, we point to the dangers and security requirements related to pacifiers and bottle nipples, and give a review of the related literature. |
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