Abstract:
:A case is presented of a fatal environmental accidental injuries of lightning. A pedestrian was struck by lightning. The macroscopic and microscopic lightning injuries are reviewed.
journal_name
J Forensic Leg Medjournal_title
Journal of forensic and legal medicineauthors
Murty OPdoi
10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-04-01 00:00:00pages
162-7issue
3eissn
1752-928Xissn
1878-7487pii
S1752-928X(08)00176-5journal_volume
16pub_type
杂志文章abstract::To explore the CT characteristics of orbital blowout fracture, we reviewed 76 cases with orbital blowout fracture and analyzed their clinical forensic characteristics. The missed diagnosis rate of cranial CT was 26.3%, and plain X-ray was 47.4%. The orbital CT examination has advantages in diagnosing orbital blowout f...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.010
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To evaluate premature mortality and causes of death from young adulthood to middle age in a cohort of drug users followed during almost four decades. DESIGN:Follow-up study of a consecutive cohort of patients with drug abuse/dependence. METHODS:A cohort of 561 drug abusers, admitted to a detoxification and short...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2011.01.003
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Medical examinations are dependent on combining communication with professional competence. In the development of a global multicultural community with the use of multiple languages, doctors have become increasingly dependent on language facilitation such as interpreting and translation. Despite professional studies, ...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2014.04.019
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blank firing pistols are generally considered to be harmless and these guns are not accepted as being firearms in most countries. Due to lack of legal regulations these guns are easily purchased by anyone aged over 18 years. Reports of serious injuries and even fatalities due to these guns are increasing in the litera...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2009.01.011
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors present a singular case of an iatrogenic right vertebral artery injury, involving a 67 year-old man, who reported a type II odontoid fracture (Anderson and D'Alonzo Classification) and posterior atlantoaxial dislocation following a road traffic accident. A small injury involving the right vertebral artery ...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2013.12.019
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Various commercially available one-step immunoassays for detection of human (primate) blood have been developed. This study evaluated two hemoglobin tests, ABAcard(®) HemaTrace(®) and HemDirect Hemoglobin against glycophorin A test-RSID™-Blood for following parameters: sensitivity, specificity, effectiveness using var...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.11.021
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The determination of sex is an important part of building the biological profile for unknown human remains. Many of the bones traditionally used for the determination of sex are often found fragmented or incomplete in forensic and archaeological cases. The goal of the present research was to derive discriminant functi...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.03.011
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Custody-related death is an internationally key sensitive issue with respect to Human Rights. The causes of death and associated factors in this vulnerable population vary according to country and region. The present study attempted to analyze the different causes of custody-related deaths and associated f...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101915
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Falanga torture involves repetitive blunt trauma to the soles of the feet and typically leaves few detectable changes. Reduced elasticity in the heel pads has been reported as characteristic sequelae and palpatory testing of heel pad elasticity is therefore part of medicolegal assessment of alleged torture v...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.03.003
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Identification of the dead is significant in examination of unknown, decomposed and mutilated human remains. Establishing the biological profile is the central issue in such a scenario, and stature estimation remains one of the important criteria in this regard. The present study was undertaken to estimate stature fro...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2018.04.004
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report for the first time the lack of therapeutic effects after the switch from a brand formulation of allopurinol to a generic one. A 56-year-old man, with a 5 years history of well-treated gout arthropathy with allopurinol (Zyloric(®) 300 mg/die), developed acute gout arthropathy after the switch from the brand f...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2013.02.007
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Handprint in the scene of the crime is one of the most valuable clues in identification of the assailant. There are numerous studies on estimation of stature from direct measures of hand dimensions, but using a handprint instead, there is little research on it. So this study tried to focus on handprint as a tool used ...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.05.007
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We reviewed the medical records of the 118 adolescent detainees which had at least one consultation by a psychiatrist at the prison health facility during 2007. General practitioners used the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) for recording health problems. Psychiatrists used the International Class...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.013
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Statistics on death are the basis of a country's health, safety, and welfare policies. Emergency physicians issue a postmortem examination certificate (PEC) for death outside the hospital as well as a death certificate (DC) for death in the hospital. This study investigated the actual conditions and criter...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101960
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The antidepressant milnacipran is a double serotonin/noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor. The low reported incidence of intoxication indicates excellent tolerance in comparison with tricyclic and second generation antidepressants. We report a fatal intoxication associating milnacipran, at blood levels (femoral=21.5 mg/l, ...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.006
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Determining the prevalence and characteristics of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse (CSA) is fraught with difficultly. There is a historical lack of empirical research and a discrepancy between the number of cases that reach the attention of the authorities and its suspected prevalence in society. It is ...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102112
更新日期:2021-01-07 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of Demirjian's four dental development methods for forensic age assessment in a South Australian population. The sample comprised orthopantomograms (OPGs) of 408 sub-adult individuals (211 male; 197 female) with an age range of 4.9-14.5 years. The OPGs were obtained fr...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2013.07.002
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mummification is a peculiar transformative process consisting of the total drying of the body soft tissues. It is produced, in particular conditions, between 6 and 12 months after death. "Precocious" mummification has been reported in countries where recorded weather conditions are more extreme than in Italy, in a con...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.06.013
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Paternity disputes and other forms of kinship testing are routinely resolved using short tandem repeat (STR) DNA loci. Sibship determination is encountered in instances where the DNA profiles of two individuals are compared to determine if they are siblings. If either parent is available for testing then the situation...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.018
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study analysed the daily incidence of sexual assault in Greater Manchester with respect to the local weather conditions throughout the year 2002. Cases seen at the St. Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (including police and self-referred clients) for which the date of the assault was known were included in th...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.12.001
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case is presented where confusion arose about skin lesions and whether they were diabetic or electrical in origin. The deceased was a known diabetic and hypertensive man. A middle-aged person in early fifties was found unconscious in the cell and judicial autopsy was performed. He was facing trial for capital punish...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.010
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adherence to local guidelines on the use of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and hepatitis B vaccine following sexual assault was evaluated by means of audit. Forensic Medical Examiners (FMEs) were asked to complete an audit form after conducting sexual offence examinations at Gloucester Sexual Assault Referral Cen...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2011.07.009
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sudden cardiac deaths constitute a major health problem. Most cases are attributed to cardiomyopathies, coronary artery diseases and functional dysregulations. Sudden death in an adult due to a primitive cardiac tumor is a rare occurrence. In the following, we present a case of an adult male who died from an undiagnos...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2010.08.009
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Necrophilia is a paraphilia whereby the perpetrator gets sexual pleasure in having sex with the dead. Most jurisdictions and nations have laws against this practice. Necrophilia exists in many variations, and some authors have attempted to classify necrophilia. However many related terms such as pseudonecrophilia cont...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.023
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of poisoning with highly lipid soluble organophosphate compound, fenthion is reported in which cholinergic crisis recurred upto 25 days following a suicide attempt. Subcutaneous injection of fenthion in the antecubital fossa by the patient produced massive swelling, cellulitis and compartment syndrome of the le...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.07.008
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is standard practice to image concerning bruises in children. We aim to compare the clarity and measurements of bruises using cross polarized, infra-red (IR) and ultra-violet (UV) images to conventional images. METHODS:Children aged <11 years with incidental bruising were recruited. Demographics, skin an...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2018.07.015
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence of semen is generally accepted as evidence in sexual assault cases prosecution. Detection of sperm is confirmation of semen; however, sperm cannot always be detected. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) and semenogelin (Sg) are used as semen biomarkers. We compared the detection rate and persistence of sperm,...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2017.12.017
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:There are several studies about M1 type vehicle-pedestrian collision injury pattern, and based on them, there has been several changes in automobiles for pedestrian protection. However, the lack of sufficient studies about injury pattern in motorbikes-pedestrian collisions leads to a lack of optimization d...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2016.07.009
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Insects are an important group involved in carrion consumption and are thus of forensic interest. In the laboratory we studied the taphonomic marks that Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae) can produce. Pig trotters were exposed to adult beetles at 21 ± 3 °C and 12:12 h day/night cycle. We made observations and took photograph...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.04.020
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) play important roles in the wound healing process. In the present study, human wound specimens (n = 50) were collected from cases of death due to injuries from firearms, penetrating trauma by sharp objects and blun...
journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2016.08.011
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00