pica and Death--Sudden

pica has been researched along with Death--Sudden* in 2 studies

Other Studies

2 other study(ies) available for pica and Death--Sudden

Article	Year
Pica as a cause of death in three mentally handicapped men. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1988, Volume: 152 In Prudhoe Hospital, a large mental-handicap hospital of 1000 residents, it was found that of the 94 deaths that occurred between 1982 and 1986, three were closely associated with the habit of pica. These deaths occurred in severely and profoundly handicapped males, whose average age was 32, compared with an average age of death of 58 for the combined groups of severely and profoundly mentally handicapped patients (22 cases), and an average age of death of 60 for all degrees of handicap (94 cases). It seems likely that the habit of pica constitutes a cause of considerable morbidity and mortality in certain institutionalised patients. Topics: Adult; Death, Sudden; Esophagus; Foreign Bodies; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Male; Pica	1988
Childhood sudden death secondary to accidental aspiration of black pepper. The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 1988, Volume: 9, Issue:1 The case history is presented of a 4-year-old boy, with a history of pica, who aspirated table pepper with subsequent respiratory arrest, severe anoxia, and death. We believe this to be the first case reported in the literature of fatal accidental aspiration of pepper. Topics: Brain Ischemia; Child, Preschool; Condiments; Death, Sudden; Humans; Male; Pica; Pneumonia, Aspiration	1988

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Year

Pica as a cause of death in three mentally handicapped men.

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1988, Volume: 152

In Prudhoe Hospital, a large mental-handicap hospital of 1000 residents, it was found that of the 94 deaths that occurred between 1982 and 1986, three were closely associated with the habit of pica. These deaths occurred in severely and profoundly handicapped males, whose average age was 32, compared with an average age of death of 58 for the combined groups of severely and profoundly mentally handicapped patients (22 cases), and an average age of death of 60 for all degrees of handicap (94 cases). It seems likely that the habit of pica constitutes a cause of considerable morbidity and mortality in certain institutionalised patients.

Topics: Adult; Death, Sudden; Esophagus; Foreign Bodies; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Male; Pica

1988

Childhood sudden death secondary to accidental aspiration of black pepper.

The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 1988, Volume: 9, Issue:1

The case history is presented of a 4-year-old boy, with a history of pica, who aspirated table pepper with subsequent respiratory arrest, severe anoxia, and death. We believe this to be the first case reported in the literature of fatal accidental aspiration of pepper.

Topics: Brain Ischemia; Child, Preschool; Condiments; Death, Sudden; Humans; Male; Pica; Pneumonia, Aspiration

1988