Search results for "Medicina legale"
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Forensic tools for the diagnosis of electrocution death: Case study and literature review
2018
Diagnosis of death by electrocution may be difficult when electric marking is not visible or unclear. Accordingly, the body of a man who appeared to have died from accidental electrocution was carefully forensically analysed. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the current mark was carried out using a variable-pressure scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray microanalyser to highlight skin metallisation, indicating the presence of iron and zinc. The histological findings of electrocution myocardial damage were supported by the results of biochemical analysis which demonstrated the creatine kinase-MB and cardiac troponin I elevation. The effects of electric cu…
Certification of Death: External Postmortem Examination
2014
Toxicological problems related to drugs with particular reference to chemical precursor
2013
the author analyze the toxicological problems related to drugs with particular reference to chemical precursor
Sodium oxybate therapy for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and the maintenance of alcohol abstinence
2017
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB or sodium oxybate) is both an exogenous and endogenous molecule with neuromodulator properties. In the United States, GHB is an approved drug for the treatment of narcolepsy and narcolepsy with cataplexy in adults. In some European Union countries, sodium oxybate is applied for the treatment of opioid and alcohol withdrawal.
COVID-19 Pandemic: New Prevention and Protection Measures
2022
As of the end of February 2021, more than 420,000,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide, with 5,856,224 deaths. Transmission of the different genetically engineered variants of SARS-CoV-2, which have been isolated since the beginning of the pandemic, occurs from one infected person to another by the same means: the airborne route, indirect contact, and occasionally the fecal–oral route. Infection is asymptomatic or may present with flulike symptoms such as fever, cough, and mild to moderate and severe respiratory distress, requiring hospitalization and assisted ventilation support. To control the spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for …
Torture and Maltreatment in Prison: A Medico-Legal Perspective
2023
The maltreatment and torture of prisoners constitute a global problem. Methods of maltreatment are classified as the psychological and the physical, and physical methods inevitably lead to psychological sequelae. Our review offers an analysis from the medico-legal perspective of the literature on the torture and physical and sexual abuse experienced by prisoners and their psychological sequelae and aims to investigate the medico-legal issues of investigating maltreatment in prison so as to suggest methodologies and updated approaches for dealing with such cases in a forensic context. We performed a comprehensive literature search of peer-reviewed publications (articles and reviews), researc…
L’INFORMAZIONE E LA FORMAZIONE DEL SANITARIO NELLE INFEZIONI NOSOCOMIALI: LA NOSTRA ESPERIENZA
2013
Gli Autori riportano i risultati ottenuti dalla somministrazione di un questionario, nel contesto siciliano dei Policlinici Universitari di Palermo e Messina, a sanitari operanti nel campo della terapia intensiva, selezionando e analizzando i quesiti maggiormente implicati nelle tematiche inerenti il clinical risk management delle IN, individuandone specifiche carenze a carico dei singoli professionisti e della struttura ospedaliera. È stato evidenziato che, sebbene siano già presenti specifici protocolli, nonché linee guida in materia, essi non trovano ancora un adeguato spazio nella realtà quotidiana di gestione del malato a causa di una generale inadeguatezza dell’informazione e della fo…
Ipoacusia neurosensoriale causata da scoppio di petardo. Aspetti medico-legali
2013
Gli Autori illustrano un caso di ipoacusia neurosensoriale permanente rilevata all’orecchio di sinistra con un deficit uditivo pantonale pari a 70 dB. La lesione è stata determinata dallo scoppio di un petardo, lanciato in vicinanza della persona lesa. Vengono valutati i risvolti medico-legali in ambito penale e civile. Per quanto concerne la sfera penalistica l’ipotesi di reato è quella di lesione personale grave, in ragione dell’indebolimento permanente della funzione uditiva; relativamente al contesto civilistico, si pone particolare attenzione alla questione inerente al risarcimento cui il soggetto danneggiante è obbligato, considerando in particolar modo gli effetti che la lesione ha d…