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Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: In Germany, a constant demographic change is taking place, which leads to an increasing aging of the society. The present study aimed to analyze natural deaths occurring at an age of ≥ 65 years, since health vulnerability in this age group is gaining importance. MATE...

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Autores principales: Wach, A., Faßbender, C., Ackermann, H., Parzeller, M.
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Publicado: Springer Medizin 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7938877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33716407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00194-021-00469-6
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description BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: In Germany, a constant demographic change is taking place, which leads to an increasing aging of the society. The present study aimed to analyze natural deaths occurring at an age of ≥ 65 years, since health vulnerability in this age group is gaining importance. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Autopsy reports of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany, were retrospectively evaluated regarding natural death cases of ≥ 65-year-olds in a time comparison (period I: 2000–2002; period II: 2013–2015). RESULTS: During both periods, a total of 1206 autopsies concerning this age group were performed. Among these, 404 cases (33.5%) of unnatural death and 39 cases (3.2%) of a combination of natural and unnatural death were recorded; in 94 cases (7.8%), the manner of death could not be elucidated. The majority (n = 669; 55.5%) included cases of natural death. In the largest group of these (n = 350; 52.3%), cardiac causes of death were predominant, followed by 132 (19.7%) respiratory and 47 (7.0%) abdominal causes of death. In addition, 37 (5.5%) cases of malignant neoplasms, 33 (4.9%) of ruptures of large vessels, 33 (4.9%) of cerebral, and 37 (5.5%) other cases of natural death were noted. A significant decrease of cardiac causes of death was observed in the comparison of periods I and II. In particular, there was a significant decrease in high-grade occlusive coronary sclerosis. Moreover, there were significant differences between both sexes. Men had significantly more bypasses, stents and heart scars and suffered a myocardial infarction about 10 years earlier than women. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study are largely consistent with the literature. The decrease in numbers of cardiac deaths may be attributed to increasingly better medical care and to a significantly higher rate of stent implantation. Especially in times of pandemics, the role of forensic gerontology will become more important.
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spelling pubmed-79388772021-03-09 Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle Wach, A. Faßbender, C. Ackermann, H. Parzeller, M. Rechtsmedizin (Berl) Originalien BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: In Germany, a constant demographic change is taking place, which leads to an increasing aging of the society. The present study aimed to analyze natural deaths occurring at an age of ≥ 65 years, since health vulnerability in this age group is gaining importance. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Autopsy reports of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany, were retrospectively evaluated regarding natural death cases of ≥ 65-year-olds in a time comparison (period I: 2000–2002; period II: 2013–2015). RESULTS: During both periods, a total of 1206 autopsies concerning this age group were performed. Among these, 404 cases (33.5%) of unnatural death and 39 cases (3.2%) of a combination of natural and unnatural death were recorded; in 94 cases (7.8%), the manner of death could not be elucidated. The majority (n = 669; 55.5%) included cases of natural death. In the largest group of these (n = 350; 52.3%), cardiac causes of death were predominant, followed by 132 (19.7%) respiratory and 47 (7.0%) abdominal causes of death. In addition, 37 (5.5%) cases of malignant neoplasms, 33 (4.9%) of ruptures of large vessels, 33 (4.9%) of cerebral, and 37 (5.5%) other cases of natural death were noted. A significant decrease of cardiac causes of death was observed in the comparison of periods I and II. In particular, there was a significant decrease in high-grade occlusive coronary sclerosis. Moreover, there were significant differences between both sexes. Men had significantly more bypasses, stents and heart scars and suffered a myocardial infarction about 10 years earlier than women. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study are largely consistent with the literature. The decrease in numbers of cardiac deaths may be attributed to increasingly better medical care and to a significantly higher rate of stent implantation. Especially in times of pandemics, the role of forensic gerontology will become more important. Springer Medizin 2021-03-08 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7938877/ /pubmed/33716407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00194-021-00469-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access Dieser Artikel wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht, welche die Nutzung, Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und Wiedergabe in jeglichem Medium und Format erlaubt, sofern Sie den/die ursprünglichen Autor(en) und die Quelle ordnungsgemäß nennen, einen Link zur Creative Commons Lizenz beifügen und angeben, ob Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Die in diesem Artikel enthaltenen Bilder und sonstiges Drittmaterial unterliegen ebenfalls der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz, sofern sich aus der Abbildungslegende nichts anderes ergibt. Sofern das betreffende Material nicht unter der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz steht und die betreffende Handlung nicht nach gesetzlichen Vorschriften erlaubt ist, ist für die oben aufgeführten Weiterverwendungen des Materials die Einwilligung des jeweiligen Rechteinhabers einzuholen. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Wach, A.
Faßbender, C.
Ackermann, H.
Parzeller, M.
Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title_full Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title_fullStr Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title_full_unstemmed Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title_short Retrospektive Mortalitätsstudie natürlicher Todesfälle der Generation 65+ im Obduktionsgut der Rechtsmedizin Frankfurt am Main anhand zweier Zeitintervalle
title_sort retrospektive mortalitätsstudie natürlicher todesfälle der generation 65+ im obduktionsgut der rechtsmedizin frankfurt am main anhand zweier zeitintervalle
topic Originalien
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7938877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33716407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00194-021-00469-6
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