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It summarizes certification data from the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office and describes four emerging patterns: overlaying, plastic bags, wedging in defective or poorly fitting cribs, and hanging involving suspended objects. 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Q.Sturner,M.D.  \nThe problem of unrecognized asphyxiation inyoung infants continues to be more that of improperscene investigation than incomplete autopsy perfor-mance.A bedroom ceases to be a place of security andcomfort for a baby if adequate supervision,propersafeguards and common sense are not equally applied.During 1970,1971,and the first ten months of 1972,the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office certifiedthirteen asphyxial deaths out of 466 cases examinedfrom birth to two years of age,or approximately once inevery 35 cases.These do not include bedroom fallsproducing blunt force injury(2 cases)or homicidalasphyxiation in this age range(2 cases).Carbonmonoxide poisonings are also omitted.Four generalpatterns emerge from the case tabulation shown in TableOne.  \nOVERLAYING(3 Cases):These infants areusually in the younger age range,predominantly onemonth or less.The statistical incidence of overlaying inour series is once in every 155 cases.In two instances,aone-year-old sibling was involved,once as a third partyin the bed.In both circumstances the mother suspectedthat traumatic asphyxia was responsible for her child'sdeath.Although this phenomenon has been incriminatedin sudden infant death(\"crib death\"),there is nothingto substantiate that such a mechanical suffocationprocess occurs.Francisco has recently reviewed a largeseries of cases emphasizing this potential danger.1  \nPLASTIC BAGS (2 Cases):It is well known thatthe smallest infants breathe without difficulty throughheavy blankets.However,plastic bags of various shapesand sizes have long been considered “lethal”in theinfant crib.We documented but one instance in aprevious series of 141 cases,2 and the present incidenceis one for every 233 deaths examined.Of particularinterest here is that one of the plastic bags was not a\"bedroom article\",but a bread wrapper frequentlyfound in kitchens.That the infant was holding it abouther face was confirmed from the tooth impressionsfound on the wrapper.  \nFrom The SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES Dallas Texas  \nWEDGING(7 Cases):One of the emerging “deathtraps”in bedrooms continues to be the defective,poorlyfitting,or ill-designed crib.Blackbourne has documentedthirteen such deaths in as many years in onejurisdiction.³Our office confiscates these broken cribsand has cooperated with a local television station inpointing out this danger to the public.Three of our casesfit into this category,whereas three others occurred in\"normal\"adult beds and another in a chest of drawers.Abnormal lividity patterns on the head and trunk as wellas linear contusions and abrasions are often noted insuch instances,while pathologic findings are inconsistentwith those found in the ordinary“crib deaths”.Thescene investigation,including examination of theoffending bed and the exact location of the child is ofabsolute importance to document.It is further apparentthat a normal adult bed is equally dangerous for thesmall infant if sufficient space exists to admit andcompress the infant's head or trunk.In one instance,thewedging had caused severe pallor of the chest andunderlying organs,whereas the abdomen and itscontents were engorged to the point of severe plethora·  \n·the sharp demarcation indicative of the line ofcompression.A relative had first related a \"fall from thebed to the floor”,but after examination and when shewas confronted with the probable circumstances (now inthe presence of the parents),she changed her storyindicating the wedged position in which she found theinfant,only minutes after observing her playing quitenormally on the bed.  \nHANGING(1 Case):This case also involves adefective crib,but other instances have been described innormal cribs with a variety of toys suspended fromstring,cord or chain,any of which is capable ofcompressing the neck of the child by mere gravity.Onesuch case has been observed in our series,with the childbeing 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Each pattern is associated with specific circumstances and investigative considerations.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article use the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office data to support its conclusions?\",\"answer\":\"It reports certified asphyxial deaths among examined cases over defined periods and explains that some related categories (e.g., blunt force injuries, homicidal asphyxiation, and carbon monoxide poisonings) are not included in the main count.\"}]","THE FORENSIC SCIENCE GAZETTE - AccidentaI Infant Asphyxiation in the Bedroom | PDF",1789960720,13]