TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Suicidal nitrogen inhalation by use of scuba full-face diving mask
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Straka, Lubomir
A1  - Novomesky, Frantisek
A1  - Gavel, Anton
A1  - Mlynar, Juraj
A1  - Hejna, Petr
SP  - 1384
EP  - 1387
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - A 29-year-old man was found dead lying on the bed in a hotel room in a famous Slovak mountain resort. He had a full-face diving mask on his face, connected through a diving breath regulator to a valve of an industrial (nondiving) high-pressure tank containing pure 100% nitrogen. The breath regulator (open-circuit type) used allowed inhalation of nitrogen without addition of open air, and the full-face diving mask assured aspiration of the gas even during the time of unconsciousness. At autopsy, we found the typical signs of suffocation. Toxicological analysis revealed 94.7% content of nitrogen in alveolar air. Following the completion of the police investigation, the manner of death was classified as a suicide. Within the medico-legal literature, there has been only one similar case of suicidal nitrogen inhalation described (1).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12239
ID  - ref1
ER  -