Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances - a scoping review.

Introduction: The method of dissolving a body to conceal crimes, a practice dating back to ancient times, has recently captured the interest of scientists and the film industry. Real-life cases inspired by media portrayals underscore the importance of understanding this process, which aims to prevent identification or locate the body. Historical and contemporary examples highlight the use of substances like caustic potash and various acids.

Subtle vascular and astrocytic changes in the brain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

Background And Purpose: In the central nervous system, a multitude of changes have been described associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, such as microglial activation, perivascular lymphocyte cuffing, hypoxic-ischaemic changes, microthrombosis, infarcts or haemorrhages. It was sought here to assess the vascular basement membranes (vBMs) and surrounding perivascular astrocytes for any morphological changes in acute respiratory syndrome (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) patients.

Methods: The light microscopy morphology of the vBMs and perivascular astrocytes from brains of 14 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection was analysed and compared to four control patients utilizing fluorescent immunohistochemistry for collagen IV and astrocytes (GFAP), endothelia (CD31), tight junction 1 (TJ1) adhesion protein, as well as the aquaporin 4 (AQP4) water channel.

Perceptions of Dental Medicine Students on Equity within Healthcare Systems in Romania: A Pilot Study.

Unlabelled: The scope of this paper is to evaluate the opinion of future dentists on equity within healthcare systems from a social and medical perspective.

Material And Methods: We conducted an observational study based on a survey among year five students from the "Carol Davila" Faculty of Dental Medicine Bucharest using an online questionnaire composed of graded answers to 14 statements on the theme of equity within healthcare systems before taking this course.

Results: The questionnaire was sent to 300 students, of whom 151 (50.

Particularities of Offenders Imprisoned for Domestic Violence from Social and Psychiatric Medical-Legal Perspectives.

It is known that there may be an interconditionality between social status, personality disorders, and aggressive behavior. This study aimed to analyze the social and psychiatric diagnosis characteristics in subjects imprisoned for domestic violence acts compared to other types of aggressive behaviors. We performed a retrospective study using psychiatric medical-legal reports at the National Institute of Legal Medicine "Mina Minovici" Bucharest from 2016 to 2020.

Driving under the influence of alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pattern of alcohol use in drivers.

Materials: and methods. At the National Institute of Legal Medicine from Bucharest, we performed a retrospective study on toxicology reports between January 1st 2019 and December 31st, 2020.

Relationship Between Injury Pattern and Domestic Violence in a Romanian Population.

Physical violence is a cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. An often-underreported subtype of physical violence is domestic violence (DV). The main aim of this study was to identify DV-specific patterns of traumatic injuries in comparison to other types of interpersonal violence (OV) in a Romanian population from a medical-legal standpoint.

Perspectives and Values of Dental Medicine Students Regarding Domestic Violence.

: The purpose of this study is to evaluate dental medical students' opinions concerning domestic violence from a social and medical standpoint and from the perspective of the moral values of the physician-patient relationship. : We performed an observational study with 4- and 5-year dental medical students at the UMF "Carol Davila" in Bucharest from October 2020-May 2021, using a questionnaire containing 20 items on domestic violence (DV). The questionnaire was uploaded online on the e-learning platform where the students have access.

Sudden death due to isolated segmentary coronary vasculitis.

Coronary vasculitis is a group of conditions occurring either independently or associated with another diseases characterized by an inflammation of the blood vessel's wall and subsequent fibrinoid necrosis, occlusion, stenosis, or aneurismal dilatations. Coronary vasculitis leading to sudden cardiac death has rarely been described in the scientific literature.We present the case of an 18-year-old football player who collapsed when playing football.

Particularities regarding the etiology of sepsis in forensic services.

If in clinical practice definitive diagnostic criteria had been established, after death sepsis is often difficult to diagnose, especially if a site of origin is not found or if no clinical data are available. This article will analyze the etiology of sepsis in a medical-legal service with emphasis on the differences in diagnosing it in clinical and forensic environments. A total of 78 cases of sepsis cases diagnosed or confirmed at the autopsy were selected.

Patterns of injuries in domestic violence in a Romanian population.

In Romania, the quantification of traumatic injuries is achieved in medical- legal services; therefore, each domestic violence (DV) victim needs a medical-legal certificate to prove in a court of law the presence of traumatic injuries. In this study, we aimed to determine the pattern of traumatic injuries in DV. A total of 219 consecutive DV cases were included.

Immunolocalization of 200 kDa neurofilaments in human cardiac endothelial cells.

Neurofilaments usually associated with neural tissues are the type IV family of intermediate filaments. Nestin, which is a type VI intermediate filament, is a well known marker of endothelial cells in newly formed blood vessels and is developmentally and structurally related to type IV intermediate filaments. We aimed to determine whether or not cardiac endothelial cells (ECs) label with antibodies for neurofilaments (200 kDa, Novocastra-Leica, clone RT97), as is already known for nestin.