Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death
Objective:Ethyl alcohol intoxication and abuse take place in the world and in Turkey as an important public health problem. In this study, the data of cases with ethyl alcohol as a result of toxicological examination in autopsies were compared. The aim of this study was to determine the characterist...
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| author | Yasemin Balcı Ümit Ünüvar Göçeoğlu Edip Güvenç Çekiç Betül Yürürdurmaz Bülent Savran |
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| description | Objective:Ethyl alcohol intoxication and abuse take place in the world and in Turkey as an important public health problem. In this study, the data of cases with ethyl alcohol as a result of toxicological examination in autopsies were compared. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of autopsy cases with ethyl alcohol and to compare the causes of death.Methods:The results of all autopsies performed by Muğla Forensic Medicine Institution between 2013 and 2018 were evaluated retrospectively.Results:When the alcohol detection rates were analyzed by years, it was shown that alcohol was detected in 42.2% of the autopsies performed in 2013 and in 17.2% of the autopsies performed in 2018 (p=0.000). Alcohol was found in 15.8% of the autopsies performed in women and 28.8% in men (p=0.000). The cause of death in 25.9% of the cases with alcohol was defined as a self-existing disease (heart, lung, brain, liver, stomach, etc.), whereas this rate was 34.6% in cases without alcohol. The rate of penetrating traumas (firearms, stab wounds) as the causes of death was 13.9% in alcohol-detected cases and 9.1% in alcohol-free cases.Conclusion:It has been suggested that the differences in alcohol detection rates in autopsy cases may be related to awareness studies aiming at raising social awareness. It was suggested that the difference between alcohol detection and causes of death in autopsy cases could be associated with alcohol use and increased frequency of depression/suicide risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9749869e76b47c89abac7e3032cc76a2023-02-15T16:21:00ZengAdli Tıp Uzmanları DerneğiAdli Tıp Bülteni1300-865X2149-45332021-08-01262727710.17986/blm.136413049054Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of DeathYasemin Balcı0Ümit Ünüvar Göçeoğlu1Edip Güvenç Çekiç2Betül Yürürdurmaz3Bülent Savran4 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Farmakoloji Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye Muğla Adli Tıp Şube Müdürlüğü, Muğla, Türkiye Objective:Ethyl alcohol intoxication and abuse take place in the world and in Turkey as an important public health problem. In this study, the data of cases with ethyl alcohol as a result of toxicological examination in autopsies were compared. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of autopsy cases with ethyl alcohol and to compare the causes of death.Methods:The results of all autopsies performed by Muğla Forensic Medicine Institution between 2013 and 2018 were evaluated retrospectively.Results:When the alcohol detection rates were analyzed by years, it was shown that alcohol was detected in 42.2% of the autopsies performed in 2013 and in 17.2% of the autopsies performed in 2018 (p=0.000). Alcohol was found in 15.8% of the autopsies performed in women and 28.8% in men (p=0.000). The cause of death in 25.9% of the cases with alcohol was defined as a self-existing disease (heart, lung, brain, liver, stomach, etc.), whereas this rate was 34.6% in cases without alcohol. The rate of penetrating traumas (firearms, stab wounds) as the causes of death was 13.9% in alcohol-detected cases and 9.1% in alcohol-free cases.Conclusion:It has been suggested that the differences in alcohol detection rates in autopsy cases may be related to awareness studies aiming at raising social awareness. It was suggested that the difference between alcohol detection and causes of death in autopsy cases could be associated with alcohol use and increased frequency of depression/suicide risk. http://adlitipbulteni.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/characteristics-properties-of-autopsy-cases-with-e/48306 forensic medicineautopsyethyl alcoholcause of death |
| spellingShingle | Yasemin Balcı Ümit Ünüvar Göçeoğlu Edip Güvenç Çekiç Betül Yürürdurmaz Bülent Savran Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death Adli Tıp Bülteni forensic medicine autopsy ethyl alcohol cause of death |
| title | Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death |
| title_full | Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death |
| title_short | Characteristics Properties of Autopsy Cases with Ethyl Alcohol and Evaluation of Their Causes of Death |
| title_sort | characteristics properties of autopsy cases with ethyl alcohol and evaluation of their causes of death |
| topic | forensic medicine autopsy ethyl alcohol cause of death |
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