A Case of Fatal Spontaneous Varicose Vein Rupture - An Exmple of Incorrect First Aid
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01101.x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01101.x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01101.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01101.x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Case of Fatal Spontaneous Varicose Vein Rupture - An Exmple of Incorrect First Aid
Original language description
Severe external bleeding due to varicose vein rupture is a rare complication of this frequent venous pathology. Venous bleeding can be very intensive and can be mistaken for arterial hemorrhage. A rare case of fatal varicose vein rupture with an exampleof an incorrect and ineffective first-aid technique in a 43-year-old man is reported here with a review of the recent literature. The victim was found on a sand stack, not far from his domicile in a large pool of blood. The external examination revealeda flat ulcer on the internal surface of the right shank. On dissection, the lesion contained a perforation that was continuous with superficial veins arising from a varicosed saphenous vein. The man tried to give himself first aid, due to the massive bleeding that he probably predicted arterial bleeding and applied the ligature closer to the heart above the bleeding defect, thereby not stopping the venous bleeding but exacerbating it. Death was caused by a hypovolemic shock because of ex
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
2009
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Forensic Sciences
ISSN
0022-1198
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
1146-1148
UT code for WoS article
000269501100031
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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