Postmortem diagnosis of hypothermia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00179906%3A_____%2F14%3A10281453" target="_blank" >RIV/00179906:_____/14:10281453 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11150/14:10281453
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-014-0977-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-014-0977-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-014-0977-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00414-014-0977-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Postmortem diagnosis of hypothermia
Original language description
The identification of hypothermia as the cause of death has always been somewhat problematic in forensic pathology because of unspecific, inconstant, or even negative macroscopic and microscopic findings. Though the simultaneous presence of frost erythema, Wischnewski spots, hemorrhages into the synovial membrane, bloody discoloration of synovial fluid of the knee, and basal vacuolization of the renal tubular epithelial cells has been indicated as strongly supportive of fatal hypothermia, their absencedoes not allow the diagnosis of hypothermia to be ruled out. Postmortem biochemical investigations are valuable in detecting adaptation responses to cold stress and metabolic changes that occur following cold exposure. However, ethanol intoxication prevents appearance of adaptation responses to cold, rendering the diagnosis less obvious. Immunohistochemistry, postmortem imaging, and molecular pathology have shown promising results, although at present, they do not provide pathognomonic s
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FP - Other medical fields
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Legal Medicine
ISSN
0937-9827
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
128
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
607-614
UT code for WoS article
000340070800005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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