“These babies are malnourished and are prone to asphyxia before and during labour.”

“They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.”

“The reported cause of death was cardiorespiratory arrest caused by asphyxia as a result of strangulation and aspiration of gastric contents.”

“The man who's sleeping upstairs is overcome by the smoke and dies of asphyxiation.”

“Some pepper-sprayed victims with asthma or bronchitis have died from asphyxiation.”

“Airway maintenance is vital because the primary mechanism of death is asphyxiation, not exsanguination.”