Citation

Doberentz E, Madea B. Arch. Kriminol. 2009; 224(3-4): 108-115.

Vernacular Title

Ertrinkungstod in Kopftieflage--Bericht uber einen ungewohnlichen Unfall.

Affiliation

Institut fur Rechtsmedizin der Universitat Bonn, Bonn.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19938407

Abstract

A 22-year-old man was found in a head-down position in a roadside gully filled with water. Circumstances and autopsy findings are discussed. A prolonged head-down position may lead to death by impairing respiration and causing circulatory dysregulation. In the presented case, the victim drowned in a tight shaft in which he had no chance to free himself.

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