title: [Quantitative assessment of brain hydration in determination of death speed and type of tanatogenesis in forensic medical practice].
abstract: Brain hydration was determined in death of strangulation mechanical asphyxia, acute alcoholic poisoning, acute poisoning with opiates, cancer of stage IV, coronary heart disease with acute heart failure, hemorrhagic stroke. Brainstem edema (BSE) occurred in 69.2% cases (upper BSE - 20.2%, lower BSE - 17.3%, BSE of the all parts - 31.7%). BSE was present in all cases of opiate poisoning; 52.9% cases of hemorrhagic strokes, 61.3% cases of coronary heart disease. The data obtained show prevalence of brain tanatogenesis in death of the above diseases. Hypohydration and hyperhydration of the brain were observed in short and slow agony, respectively.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Bogomolov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Dolzhanskiĭ
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kalashnikov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Luzin
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes