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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Issue 1/2019

Content (30 Articles)

Editorial

Carbon monoxide – the silent killer

Roger W. Byard

Open Access Original Article

Effects of postmortem positional changes on conjunctival petechiae

Tomoya Ikeda, Naoto Tani, Yayoi Aoki, Alissa Shida, Fumiya Morioka, Shigeki Oritani, Takaki Ishikawa

Original Article

Toxicological findings in suicides – frequency of antidepressant and antipsychotic substances

Maximilian Methling, Franziska Krumbiegel, Sven Hartwig, Maria K. Parr, Michael Tsokos

Original Article

U.S. Medical Examiner/Coroner capability to handle highly infectious decedents

Aurora B. Le, Erin G. Brooks, Lily A. McNulty, James R. Gill, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Janelle Rios, Scott J. Patlovich, Katelyn C. Jelden, Kendra K. Schmid, John J. Lowe, Shawn G. Gibbs

Original Article

Applying virtual reality in forensics – a virtual scene walkthrough

Till Sieberth, Akos Dobay, Raffael Affolter, Lars C. Ebert

Original Article

Frequency and intensity of pulmonary bone marrow and fat embolism due to manual or automated chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Benjamin Ondruschka, Christina Baier, Michael Bernhard, Claas Buschmann, Jan Dreßler, Julia Schlote, Johann Zwirner, Niels Hammer

Review

An interdisciplinary review of the thanatomicrobiome in human decomposition

Gulnaz T. Javan, Sheree J. Finley, Sari Tuomisto, Ashley Hall, M. Eric Benbow, DeEtta Mills

Case Report

Fatal deer attack in a rutting season

Matěj Uvíra, Klára Marecová, Marek Dokoupil, Igor Dvořáček, Petr Handlos

Case Report

Sodium nitrite food poisoning in one family

Danica Cvetković, Vladimir Živković, Vera Lukić, Slobodan Nikolić

Case Report

The use of gasoline in a complex suicide

Milenko Bogdanović, Tijana Durmić, Bojana Radnić, Slobodan Savić, Dragan Ječmenica

Case Report

A lethal case of hoarding due to the combination of traumatic and confined space asphyxia

Simone Cappelletti, Luigi Cipolloni, Daria Piacentino, Mariarosaria Aromatario

Case Report

Utilizing ticks as forensic indicators in a livestock investigation

Mackenzie L. Kwak, Joseph Schubert

Commentary

Challenges in implementing best practice DVI guidelines in low resource settings: lessons learnt from the Meethotamulla garbage dump mass disaster

Sameera A. Gunawardena, Ravindra Samaranayake, Vianney Dias, Selliah Pranavan, Asela Mendis, Jean Perera

Images in Forensics

Lethal carbon monoxide toxicity in a concrete shower unit

Karen Heath, Roger W. Byard

Images in Forensics

Intestinal obstruction as a cause of death in the mentally disabled

Danica Cvetković, Vladimir Živković, Irina Damjanjuk, Slobodan Nikolić

Images in Forensics

Lethal small intestinal herniation through a congenital mesenteric defect

Karen Heath, Roger W. Byard

Images in Forensics

Suicidal head impalement with a hydraulic press machine – occupation-related suicide in a psychiatric patient

Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Irina Damjanjuk, Slobodan Nikolić

Images in Forensics

Entrapped paradoxical thromboembolism

Roger W. Byard

Images in Forensics

Melioidosis mimicking miliary tuberculosis

Ran Zhi Tan, Faridah Mohd Nor, Swarhib Shafie, Lii Jye Tan

Images in Forensics

Sudden unexpected death due to Fournier gangrene

Wael Majdoub, Amal Mosbahi, Frederic Bonbled

Open Access Lessons from the Museum

Surviving a transfixing gunshot wound to the head 70 years ago

Patricia Shirley de Almeida Prado, Sergio Ricardo Marques, Yara Vieira Lemos, Eugénia Cunha