[The medico-legal analysis of drowning in the materials collected by Department of Forensic Medicine in Bydgoszcz in the years 1992 to 2002].
The report presents a medico-legal and toxicological analysis of cases of drowning. Within eleven years, 184 cases of deaths by drowning were observed in our Department. The majority of victims died because of a tragic accident, while in three cases death was a result of suicide. Toxicological observations showed that most victims were under the influence of alcohol. In isolated cases, blood carboxyhemoglobin and delta9tetrahydrocanabinnol were detected.
Katedry Medycyny Sadowej UMK w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy.
Elzbieta
E
Bloch-Bogusławska
Ewa
E
Wolska
Agnieszka
A
Paradowska
Grazyna
G
Grapatyn
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D004332:Drowning / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data