Title 

Gastric Aspiration in Infants as a Cause Of Death: Case Series .

Authors 

Ishita Manral, Dobi Sravan Kumar, Rahul Manral, Anand Mugaldimath, Ravishekar N Hiremath

Abstract 

The rationale for this case series is the four cases seen by authors where gastric contents were seen in terminal bronchioles on autopsy. The fact that gastric aspiration is considered to be a postmortem phenomenon (agonal regurgitation) and is also enlisted in ICD11 brings more dilemmas in forensic practitioners concerning the cause of death when this finding is seen in suspected cases. This article describes four case reports of aspiration deaths in infants, along with literature review, definitions, diagnosis, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and whether aspiration can be given as a cause of death in suspected cases.

 Keywords

Death, Sudden, Aspiration, Stomach.

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