@article{ref1,
title="The value of various lung changes in death by strangulation",
journal="Archiv für Kriminologie",
year="1995",
author="Grellner, W. and Madea, Burkhard",
volume="196",
number="1-2",
pages="38-45",
abstract="Subsequently to previous investigations the value of the parameters lung weight and alterations of pulmonary vessel contents is demonstrated in a group of 106 fatal strangulations including all important subtypes of compressing force against the neck. The mean combined lung weights were generally elevated in a distinct way in all fatalities due to strangulating force (average: 1201 g) exhibiting a great interindividual variability and a slight dependence upon age with lower values in older persons. Significant differences between the various types of strangulation could not be observed. A detailed analysis of the material revealed, that intravascular pulmonary cell accumulations--apart from individual cases with massive concomitant blunt force injuries--in the first place are a correlate for protracted agony courses (shock equivalents). Both pulmonary parameters investigated cannot prove the diagnosis &quot;death due to strangulation&quot;.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0003-9225",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}