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  • Title: Fast eating syndrome: a case report.
    Author: Kumar MV, Venkatesh VT, Jagannatha SR.
    Journal: Med Sci Law; 2008 Jan; 48(1):78-81. PubMed ID: 18341163.
    Abstract:
    Choking while consuming food is a cause of death that has long been known and studied. Such deaths were popularly known as 'café coronary deaths', which denoted a fatal occlusion of the upper airway by food substances. The event commonly occurs while also consuming large quantities of ethyl alcohol or drugs, or in a psychiatric patient. Here, we present a case of an individual who choked to death while on duty and the main reason for choking was his eating habit which deviated from the known common causes of choking. We also discuss some causes of choking in elderly individuals.
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