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A meta-analysis of lung weight in drowning deaths.
Forensic Sci Int
January 2025
Department of Forensic Medicine, Section of Forensic Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Diagnosing drowning as a cause of death remains complex in forensic pathology, demanding integration of autopsy findings, contextual evidence, and case-specific variables. This study systematically reviews literature on lung weights in adult drowning cases, analyzing data from 20 studies to evaluate lung weight as an evidentiary factor in the diagnosis of drowning deaths. Additionally, this study seeks to examine the impact of covariates such as water salinity (freshwater vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn examination of autopsies in a 400 bedded government hospital in Jhelum. An insight into the sudden cause of death and costs associated with autopsy in young government personnel.
J Pak Med Assoc
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Objective: To explore the different causes of sudden death among serving government employees.
Methods: The audit study was conducted at the Pathology Department of a tertiary care hospital Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Jhelum, Pakistan, and comprised data of all autopsies between January 2017 and June 2021. Sampling was done by non probability purposive sampling technique which requires no statistical method calculation.
The medico-legal interpretation of diatom findings for the diagnosis of fatal drowning: a systematic review.
Int J Legal Med
January 2025
Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine, Retzius v. 5, 171 65 Stockholm, Stockholm, 171 65, Sweden.
The diagnostic use of the diatom test for drowning has been under investigation for more than a century. Despite continuing research, its true usefulness remains controversial and under debate. Data regarding the extent to which diatoms can penetrate the lungs and other organs of drowning victims are conflicting; similar discrepancies exist as to the presence of diatoms in the organs of living individuals; and as to the occurrence of postmortem (PM) contamination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiological markers as an additional method of determining drowning.
Open Vet J
November 2024
Department of Clinical Sciences Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary faculty, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Background: There is no specified diagnostic procedure that can help in determining the cause of death and the diagnosis of drowning because the pathohistological signs are almost identical and non-specified.
Aim: Our study aims to recognize and prove diatom appearance in organs from a forensic aspect in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to examine which is the more specific method in the diagnosis of drowning, the diatom test or the pathohistological finding.
Methods: Rats of the recommended body weight were divided into four groups: G1 ( = 8; mechanism of death-asphyxia; cause of death-suffocation, submerged 1 hour after death); G2 ( = 8: mechanism of death-asphyxia; cause of death-suffocation, immersed 72 hours after death); G3 ( = 8: mechanism of death-asphyxia; cause of death-drowning, autopsy immediately after death), and G4 ( = 8: mechanism of death-asphyxia; cause of death-drowning, post mortem 24 hours after death).
Immunohistochemical and molecular study for differential diagnosis between freshwater and saltwater drowning.
Leg Med (Tokyo)
February 2025
Department of Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
The postmortem identification of drowning in the field of forensic medicine is difficult due to unspecific autopsy findings, and usually, it is a "diagnosis of exclusion". A model of drowning in salt and fresh water was established to discuss the postmortem changes after drowning and the differences between saltwater drowning (SWD) and freshwater drowning (FWD). The organs (brain and 'lung) of 30 rats were extracted at three-time points (0 h, 24 h, and 48 h) after drowning.
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