@article{ref1,
title="Death in head-down position: an autopsy report with reference to physiological mechanism",
journal="Nippon Hoigaku Zasshi",
year="1995",
author="Yoshida, Kentaro and Harada, K. and Sorimachi, Y. and Makisumi, T.",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="33-36",
abstract="A 74-year-old man was found dead in the head-down position in a hole in a pile of trash at his home. There was severe congestion and hemorrhage in the head and neck regions, and bronchial petechiae. Head-down tilt is a well-known model in studying the effects of weightlessness during space flight. By comparing our case with the physiological studies on head-down tilt, we determined that the head-down posture would increase cardiac output, and systemic and intracranial pressure, while it would suppress respiration by a central or peripheral mechanism.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-1887",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}