forensic pathology reviews

Elisabeth Turk9781588294166, 1-58829-416-1

A collection of cutting-edge accounts of special topics from various fields of forensic pathology and death scene investigation. The authors offer critical insight into the medicolegal investigation of bodies found in water, the forensic aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection of the central nervous system, deaths in a head-down position, and forensic bitemark analysis. Additional chapters address taphonomic changes in human bodies during the early postmortem interval, arrhythmogenic ventricular dysplaisia that produces sudden death in young people, the postmortem diagnosis of death in anaphylaxis, and iatrogenici deaths. The forensic aspects of suicide, murder-suicide, and suicide trends in the United States are also discussed, along with the evaluation of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism and the use of radiology in medicolegal investigations.

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Table of contents :

сover……Page 1
Contents
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part I Death From Environmental Conditions……Page 14
01 Macroscopical, Microscopical and Laboratory Findings in Drowing Victims……Page 15
part II Forensic Neuropathology……Page 90
02 HIV-1 Infection of the Central Nervous System……Page 91
part III Forensic Pathophysiology……Page 145
03 Dead in a Head-Down Position……Page 146
part IV Forensic Odontology……Page 164
04 Bitemarks……Page 165
part V Taphonomy……Page 188
05 Postmortem Changes and Artifacts Occurring During the Early Postmortem Interval……Page 189
06 Macroscopical Findings on Soil-Embedded Skeletal Remains Allowing the Exclusion of a Forensically Relevant Lay Time……Page 244
part VI Death From Natural Causes……Page 256
07 Right and Left Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Dysplasia……Page 257
08 Postmortem Diagnosis of Anaphylaxia……Page 270
part VII Vascular Conditions……Page 285
09 The Medicolegal Evaluation of Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism……Page 286
part VIII Suicide……Page 304
10 Trends of Suicide in the US During the 20th Century……Page 305
11 Murder-Suicide……Page 336
part IX Iatrogenic Injury……Page 347
12 Iatrogenic Injury……Page 348
part X Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology……Page 437
13 Forensic Radiology……Page 438
index
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About the Editor
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