Editing Asphyxia (section)

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{{Short description|Severely deficient supply of oxygen}}
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| name = Asphyxia
| synonyms = Asphyxiation
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| caption = The neck contains several vulnerable targets for compression, including the [[carotid arteries]] and the [[trachea]].
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| frequency = 9.8 million unintentional worldwide (2015)<ref name=GBD2015Pre>{{cite journal  | title = 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 | journal = Lancet | volume = 388 | issue = 10053 | pages = 1545–1602 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27733282 | pmc = 5055577 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6 | last1 = Vos | first1 = Theo | last2 = Allen | first2 = Christine | last3 = Arora | first3 = Megha | last4 = Barber | first4 = Ryan M. | last5 = Bhutta | first5 = Zulfiqar A. | last6 = Brown | first6 = Alexandria | last7 = Carter | first7 = Austin | last8 = Casey | first8 = Daniel C. | last9 = Charlson | first9 = Fiona J. | last10 = Chen | first10 = Alan Z. | last11 = Coggeshall | first11 = Megan | last12 = Cornaby | first12 = Leslie | last13 = Dandona | first13 = Lalit | last14 = Dicker | first14 = Daniel J. | last15 = Dilegge | first15 = Tina | last16 = Erskine | first16 = Holly E. | last17 = Ferrari | first17 = Alize J. | last18 = Fitzmaurice | first18 = Christina | last19 = Fleming | first19 = Tom | last20 = Forouzanfar | first20 = Mohammad H. | last21 = Fullman | first21 = Nancy | last22 = Gething | first22 = Peter W. | last23 = Goldberg | first23 = Ellen M. | last24 = Graetz | first24 = Nicholas | last25 = Haagsma | first25 = Juanita A. | last26 = Hay | first26 = Simon I. | last27 = Johnson | first27 = Catherine O. | last28 = Kassebaum | first28 = Nicholas J. | last29 = Kawashima | first29 = Toana | last30 = Kemmer | first30 = Laura }}</ref>
| deaths = 35,600 worldwide (2015)<ref name=GBD2015De>{{cite journal  | title = 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 | journal = Lancet | volume = 388 | issue = 10053 | pages = 1459–1544 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27733281 | pmc = 5388903 | doi = 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31012-1 | last1 = Wang | first1 = Haidong | last2 = Naghavi | first2 = Mohsen | last3 = Allen | first3 = Christine | last4 = Barber | first4 = Ryan M. | last5 = Bhutta | first5 = Zulfiqar A. | last6 = Carter | first6 = Austin | last7 = Casey | first7 = Daniel C. | last8 = Charlson | first8 = Fiona J. | last9 = Chen | first9 = Alan Zian | last10 = Coates | first10 = Matthew M. | last11 = Coggeshall | first11 = Megan | last12 = Dandona | first12 = Lalit | last13 = Dicker | first13 = Daniel J. | last14 = Erskine | first14 = Holly E. | last15 = Ferrari | first15 = Alize J. | last16 = Fitzmaurice | first16 = Christina | last17 = Foreman | first17 = Kyle | last18 = Forouzanfar | first18 = Mohammad H. | last19 = Fraser | first19 = Maya S. | last20 = Fullman | first20 = Nancy | last21 = Gething | first21 = Peter W. | last22 = Goldberg | first22 = Ellen M. | last23 = Graetz | first23 = Nicholas | last24 = Haagsma | first24 = Juanita A. | last25 = Hay | first25 = Simon I. | last26 = Huynh | first26 = Chantal | last27 = Johnson | first27 = Catherine O. | last28 = Kassebaum | first28 = Nicholas J. | last29 = Kinfu | first29 = Yohannes | last30 = Kulikoff | first30 = Xie Rachel }}</ref>
| complications = [[Coma]]|
}}'''Asphyxia''' or '''asphyxiation''' is a condition of deficient supply of [[oxygen]] to the [[Human body|body]] which arises from abnormal [[breathing]].<ref name="x6392">{{cite journal |last1=Sasso |first1=Roula |last2=Bachir |first2=Rana |last3=El Sayed |first3=Mazen |date=2018-06-29 |title=Suffocation Injuries in the United States: Patient Characteristics and Factors Associated with Mortality |journal=Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=707–714 |doi=10.5811/westjem.2018.4.37198 |issn=1936-9018 |pmc=6040911 |pmid=30013708}}</ref><ref name="m9102">{{cite journal |last1=Aslam |first1=Hafiz Muhammad |last2=Saleem |first2=Shafaq |last3=Afzal |first3=Rafia |last4=Iqbal |first4=Umair |last5=Saleem |first5=Sehrish Muhammad |last6=Shaikh |first6=Muhammad Waqas Abid |last7=Shahid |first7=Nazish |date=2014 |title="Risk factors of birth asphyxia" |journal=Italian Journal of Pediatrics |volume=40 |issue=1 |page= |doi=10.1186/s13052-014-0094-2 |issn=1824-7288 |pmc=4300075 |doi-access=free}}</ref> 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.<!--Epidemiology and society-->In 2015, about 9.8 million cases of unintentional suffocation occurred which resulted in 35,600 deaths. The word asphyxia is from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|α-}} "without" and {{lang|grc|σφύξις}} {{lang|grc-Latn|sphyxis}}, "squeeze" (throb of heart).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=''Asphyxia'' Origin |dictionary=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=asphyxia&allowed_in_frame=0 |access-date=19 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906092901/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=asphyxia&allowed_in_frame=0 |archive-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>