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An unnatural cause of death results from an external cause, typically including homicides, suicides, accidents, medical errors, alcohol intoxications and drug overdoses. [5] [6] Jurisdictions differ in how they categorize and report unnatural deaths, including level of detail and whether they are considered a single category with subcategories, or separate top-level categories.
Sudden sniffing death syndrome, first described by Millard Bass in 1970, [35] is commonly known as SSDS. Solvents have many potential risks in common, including pneumonia, cardiac failure or arrest, [5] and aspiration of vomit. The inhaling of some solvents can cause hearing loss, limb spasms, and damage to the central nervous system and brain. [5]
Frequency. 1 per 2000 [ 1] Deaths. 8% of sudden cardiac death [ 2] Brugada syndrome ( BrS) is a genetic disorder in which the electrical activity of the heart is abnormal due to channelopathy. [ 2] It increases the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death. [ 2] Those affected may have episodes of syncope. [ 2]
Benzodiazepines (lorazepam challenge), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) [ 1] Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric behavioral syndrome that is characterized by abnormal movements, immobility, abnormal behaviors, and withdrawal. [ 2][ 3] The onset of catatonia can be acute or subtle and symptoms can wax, wane, or change during episodes.
Frequency. 1 in 1,000–10,000. Sudden infant death syndrome ( SIDS ), sometimes known as cot death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age. Diagnosis requires that the death remain unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. [ 2] SIDS usually occurs during sleep. [ 3]
In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist. The cause of death is a specific disease or injury ...
In 1997, after Garcia's former personal assistants raised concerns about the manner of death, the medical examiner performed an investigation and declared that the death was due to natural causes (meaning it was not a homicide). [17] In 2014, the mother of a boy in Texas with Pfeiffer syndrome type 1 posted a photograph of the child to her blog.
Eisenmenger syndrome or Eisenmenger's syndrome is defined as the process in which a long-standing left-to-right cardiac shunt caused by a congenital heart defect (typically by a ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, or less commonly, patent ductus arteriosus) causes pulmonary hypertension [1] [2] and eventual reversal of the shunt into a cyanotic right-to-left shunt.