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MECANISME DECES [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

The mechanism of death is the actual physiological change, or variation in the body's inner workings, that causes the cessation of life. A shot in the heart, for example, is a cause of death that can lead to one of several mechanisms of death, including exsanguination (bleeding to death) or sepsis (infection that enters the blood stream).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

Mécanisme de décès : c'est le désordre physiologique entraîné par la blessure. Ex. : Hémorragie interne par rupture des vaisseaux mésentériques suite à l'impact contondant à l'abdomen.

Spanish

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