A rare suicide case involving fatal bleeding from varicose veins
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11150%2F21%3A10432425" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11150/21:10432425 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00843989:_____/21:E0109157 RIV/61989592:15210/21:73608317
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TzkhRkyhRs" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TzkhRkyhRs</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14765" target="_blank" >10.1111/1556-4029.14765</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A rare suicide case involving fatal bleeding from varicose veins
Original language description
This case report deals with a sharp force suicide case, which may challenge the experience of many forensic pathologists as well as the studies published to date. An overview of the published cases shows that sharp force suicides account only for 1.6%-3% of all suicides and the self-inflicted injuries are usually localized on the body parts easily accessible with one's hand including the neck, thorax, or upper extremities, as well as in locations of major vascular bundles or vital organs. Reported, however, is a case in which the victim relied on the knowledge of her medical condition and used a kitchen knife to incise her varicose veins, which resulted in fatal bleeding. The case is rare on a number of grounds: incision of varicose veins is rarely the method of choice in suicide cases, injuries of peripheral veins are rarely fatal, and so are injuries of isolated veins where no damage to arteries is suffered.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30501 - Forensic science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
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
66
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
2020-2023
UT code for WoS article
000659693900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85107399052