Open AccessSome problems in forensic medical examination of inviolent death cases
Author(s) -
Yu. G. Zabusov,
A. M. Khromova
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90136
Subject(s) - forensic pathology , forensic science , medicine , autopsy , medical examiner , disease , sudden death , cause of death , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , pathology , poison control , injury prevention , cardiology , veterinary medicine
The basic differences between pathoanatomical and forensic medical examinations of corpses are surveyed. The importance of histological examinations for diagnosis is stressed, the measures to provide catamnestic findings and the concept of systematic approach to the pathology detected in sudden death cases using forensic medical data are proposed, the diagnostic system developed and introduced by the authors to differentiate ischemic heart disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and acute alcoholic poisoning is characterized.