TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Trigemino-cardiac reflex as lethal mechanism in a suicidal fire death case
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Rossi, Riccardo
A1  - Lodise, Maria
A1  - Lancia, Massimo
A1  - Bacci, Mauro
A1  - De-Giorgio, Fabio
A1  - Cascini, Fidelia
SP  - 833
EP  - 835
VL  - 59
IS  - 3
N2  - In the vast majority of immediate fire deaths, the mechanism of death is inhalation of toxic gases (especially carbon monoxide), direct thermal injury, or neurogenic shock due to the redistribution of the body's blood volume produced by surface heat on the skin. We present a suicidal case that is unusual because the mechanism of immediate fire death could arguably be explained in terms of a primitive autonomic reflex/the trigemino-cardiac reflex. Although this reflex is well known to surgeons and anesthetists, with possible lethal consequences in the course of invasive surgical procedures on the head and neck region, it is much less familiar to forensic pathologists.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12408
ID  - ref1
ER  -