[Opinionating errors in forensic medicine].

The paper presents selected evident opinionating errors committed by experts in the field of forensic medicine who issued medico-legal opinions in criminal cases, aiming at determining causes of death. The authors analyze the causes of such errors and possibilities of avoiding them, as well as the impact of the said errors on the course of criminal proceedings and the legal position of the suspects or victims. The report emphasizes the potential effect of these opinions on the fate of individuals who have been found suspected or guilty based on such opinions should they be accepted by the court without verification by summoning another expert.

[Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy as a special form of head injury complication in battered child syndrome].

The battered child syndrome is increasingly more often described in literature. Head injuries experienced by battered children are the main cause of deaths and neurological complications. A special form of damage inflicted in battered children is vessel background brain injury.