title: [On the importance of a comprehensive study for diagnostics of death from acute ethanol poisoning and coronary heart disease].
abstract: Over 30 000 cases of acute poisoning with ethyl alcohol and its surrogates are recorded annually in this country. Differential diagnostics between fatal poisoning and death from coronary heart disease encounters serious difficulties. The authors report a comprehensive forensic chemical, morphometric, and pathomorphological study of the activity of ethanol-oxidizing enzyme systems in the internal organs. The results of histochemical examination provide a basis for the extension of diagnostic potential of the available methods and the enhancement of the objective value of expert reports.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Porodenko
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Korkhmazov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002423:Cause of Death; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D053593:Forensic Toxicology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D058958:Organs at Risk / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D009249:NADP; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase