A retrospective study of poisoning deaths from forensic autopsy cases in northeast China (Liaoning)
| Autor: | Bao-Li Zhu, Miao Zhang, Bingxuan Li, Guohua Zhang, Ru-Bo Li, Da-Wei Guan, Wei Zhang, Xu Wu, Linlin Wang, Rui Zhao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male China medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Multiple Organ Failure Poison control Autopsy Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Forensic Toxicology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Age Distribution 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Injury prevention medicine Humans 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Sex Distribution Child Retrospective Studies business.industry Poisoning Public health Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Plants Toxic Suicide Accidents Blood Alcohol Content Female Agrochemicals Homicide Respiratory Insufficiency business Law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 63:7-10 |
| ISSN: | 1752-928X |
| Popis: | Acute poisoning is a public health threat that leads to morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this retrospective study, we evaluated autopsies from deaths caused by acute poisoning from 2008 to 2017 at the School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University (SFMCMU) in the Liaoning Province, northeast China. A total of 140 poisoning deaths were investigated and the demographic characteristics, causes and manner of death, toxics category were analyzed. The number of poisoning deaths gradually increased during the study period. The majority of poisoning deaths were accidents (66.43%), followed by suicides (27.86%), and homicides (3.57%). Of the 140 cases, 47 (33.57%) were caused by drugs, 38 (27.14%) by agrochemicals (mainly organophosphate pesticides, n = 16), 37 (26.43%) by respiratory dysfunction toxics (mainly carbon monoxide, n = 21), and 9 (6.43%) by poisonous plants and animals. Alcohol/methanol (5, 3.57%) and other chemicals (4, 2.86%) accounted for the remaining cases. The present study provides poisoning distribution in the Liaoning province and highlights implications for public health policy and prevention efforts in northeast China. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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