title: [Premature detachment of the placenta due to kicks to the lower abdomen].
abstract: An 18-year-old woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy was admitted to hospital for gynaecological emergency treatment with pain after kicks to the lower abdomen. Premature detachment of the placenta was diagnosed and an immediate Caesarian section was performed. Although the newborn was resuscitated at once by the medical team, it died two days later in the paediatric hospital from multiorgan failure. The autopsy results together with the pathological findings of the palcenta proved the causal context between the kicks, the premature detachment of the placenta and the hypoxia requiring postnatal resuscitation, so that the perpetrator was found guilty.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schalinski
authors.forename: Hansjörg
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matschke
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D049188:Prenatal Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis