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Chudakov A.Yu.

St. Petersburg Military Order of Zhukov Institute of national guard troops of the Russian Federation

Bozhchenko A.P.

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Khrustaleva Yu.A.

Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov

Tolmachev I.A.

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Gayvoronskaya V.V.

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Diagnostic criteria of death cause from low temperature in air and water established by traditional expert examination methods

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Chudakov A.Yu., Bozhchenko A.P., Khrustaleva Yu.A., Tolmachev I.A., Gayvoronskaya V.V.

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Journal: Forensic Medical Expertise. 2024;67(3): 29‑33

DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20246703129

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DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF DEATH CAUSE FROM LOW TEMPERATURE IN AIR AND WATER ESTABLISHED BY TRADITIONAL EXPERT EXAMINATION METHODS
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF DEATH CAUSE FROM LOW TEMPERATURE IN AIR AND WATER ESTABLISHED BY TRADITIONAL EXPERT EXAMINATION METHODS

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Chudakov AYu, Bozhchenko AP, Khrustaleva YuA, Tolmachev IA, Gayvoronskaya VV. Diagnostic criteria of death cause from low temperature in air and water established by traditional expert examination methods. Forensic Medical Expertise. 2024;67(3):29‑33. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246703129

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Abstract:

Death from general hypothermia is one of the leading causes in the structure of violent death in the Russian Federation.

OBJECTIVE

To clarify and supplement the complex of differential diagnostic macro- and microscopic signs of a fatal acute general cold trauma received when person is in the air and water.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The conclusions of forensic medical experts on the bodies of people who died from hypothermia in the air and in water (by 150 observations) were analyzed. Methods of descriptive statistics, calculation of the frequency ratio of signs’ occurrence were used.

RESULTS

The article provides quantitative assessment of occurrence (detection) rate of diagnostically significant signs established with the help of traditional methods of expert examination. A new classification of diagnostic death signs from hypothermia taking into account their differential diagnostic significance and reflecting the conditions of a person’s stay in the air and water in the pre-mortem and post-mortem periods, as well as terminal period mechanisms is proposed.

CONCLUSION

The established complexes of signs provide an objective basis for determining death cause in non-obvious conditions when cold exposure is expected to be one of the most damaging factors.

Keywords:

accidental hypothermia
immersion hypothermia
hypothermia
forensic medical examination
cold trauma

Authors:

Chudakov A.Yu.

St. Petersburg Military Order of Zhukov Institute of national guard troops of the Russian Federation

Bozhchenko A.P.

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Khrustaleva Yu.A.

Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov

Tolmachev I.A.

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Gayvoronskaya V.V.

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Received:

20.09.2023

Accepted:

08.10.2023

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