Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review

Death due to acute alcohol poisoning lacks specific anatomical characteristics, compared with other deaths due to drug poisoning. We report three forensic cases of death from acute alcohol poisoning due to inhibition of the respiratory centre and eventual asphyxia. Blood alcohol concentrations in th...

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Autores principales: Wang, Hui, Xu, Hongmei, Li, Wencan, Li, Beixu, Shi, Qun, Ma, Kaijun, Xiao, Bi, Chen, Long
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33457053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2019.1572259
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author Wang, Hui
Xu, Hongmei
Li, Wencan
Li, Beixu
Shi, Qun
Ma, Kaijun
Xiao, Bi
Chen, Long
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Shi, Qun
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description Death due to acute alcohol poisoning lacks specific anatomical characteristics, compared with other deaths due to drug poisoning. We report three forensic cases of death from acute alcohol poisoning due to inhibition of the respiratory centre and eventual asphyxia. Blood alcohol concentrations in the three fatalities were 5.28, 3.33 and 3.78 mg/mL, respectively. Lethal doses and blood alcohol concentrations showed differences between individuals. Detailed auxiliary tests besides autopsy were undertaken. These cases show that forensic scientists should exclude other causes of death, combine the autopsy with auxiliary tests, and then make an appraisal.
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spelling pubmed-77819832021-01-14 Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review Wang, Hui Xu, Hongmei Li, Wencan Li, Beixu Shi, Qun Ma, Kaijun Xiao, Bi Chen, Long Forensic Sci Res Case Reports Death due to acute alcohol poisoning lacks specific anatomical characteristics, compared with other deaths due to drug poisoning. We report three forensic cases of death from acute alcohol poisoning due to inhibition of the respiratory centre and eventual asphyxia. Blood alcohol concentrations in the three fatalities were 5.28, 3.33 and 3.78 mg/mL, respectively. Lethal doses and blood alcohol concentrations showed differences between individuals. Detailed auxiliary tests besides autopsy were undertaken. These cases show that forensic scientists should exclude other causes of death, combine the autopsy with auxiliary tests, and then make an appraisal. Taylor & Francis 2019-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7781983/ /pubmed/33457053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2019.1572259 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of the Academy of Forensic Science. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wang, Hui
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Ma, Kaijun
Xiao, Bi
Chen, Long
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title Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review
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title_fullStr Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review
title_full_unstemmed Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review
title_short Forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review
title_sort forensic appraisal of death due to acute alcohol poisoning: three case reports and a literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33457053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2019.1572259
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