TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Forensic medicine aspects of death caused by hypothermia in high altitude
JO  - Beitrage zur Gerichtlichen Medizin
A1  - Tributsch, W.
A1  - Ambach, E.
A1  - Henn, R.
SP  - 337
EP  - 341
VL  - 50
IS  - 
N2  - Macro- and micromorphological findings in cases of death from hypothermia are very questionable and unreliable diagnostical signs. We investigated 42 cases of death from hypothermia that occurred in mountain-ranges between 1974 and 1990. All cases showed erosions of the gastric mucosa ("Wischnewsky-spots"), in one case only we found bleedings in the ileopsoas muscles. In most cases hypothermia was based on natural disease or intoxication. Nine alcoholized persons showed a mean alcohol concentration in the blood of 1.07% and in accordance to a relatively long agonal period the alcohol concentration in urine was considerably higher.<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0067-5016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -