Serum strontium estimation as a medico-legal diagnostic indicator of drowning.

Forensic Medicine

Professor Harvey Littixjohn has made an important contribution to medico-legal literature by publishing an atlas of selected medico-legal subjects from specimens in his collection. The chief feature of the book is the numerous splendid illustrations. Short descriptions of these and introductions to the various subjects are also given. Illustrations in medico-legal works are frequently unconvinc...

Bath-related Deaths in Korea between 2008–2015

BACKGROUND The diagnostic criteria for bathtub drownings are not standardized, and the risk factors associated with bath-related deaths are unclear. METHODS We analyzed a Korean nationwide database of bath-related deaths that occurred between January 2008 and December 2015. Eighty-four cases were enrolled after reviewing 31,123 autopsy records. RESULTS The subjects' ages ranged from 18 to 9...

[The determination of strontium as an element in the forensic medical diagnosis of drowning].

ESTIMATION OF POTASSIUM, CALCIUM, AND MAGNESIUM IN BLOOD AND MYOCARDIAL TISSUE, AND DIAGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF URINARY MAGNESIUM EXCRETION IN EXPERIMENTALLY-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL INJURY

The results obtained in the present investigations point to a definite correlation between the onset of myocardial injury, electrocardiographic changes and biochemical changes. Changes in the electrocardiogram and elevated serum levels were paralleled by an increased excretion of magnesium in urine as early as one hour. Serum calcium and serum potassium levels did not show any significant ...

Alcohol Consumption and the Violent Death among Children from Iaşi County

This paper represents an analysis of the main features of the alcohol consumption identified in violent deaths among children aged 0-18 years, registered in Iaşi county, between 2004-2008. The data source was gathered from the medico-legal files of the corpses, recorded at the Iaşi Medico-Legal Institute. The study has a descriptive character and aims to identify the following characteristics i...