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J Missliwetz

Publications and source records attributed to J Missliwetz.

At least 55 records · Page 3Linked to original sources
PubMed1984

[Brain stem hemorrhage from capillary telangiectasis--a substrate of sudden death from natural causes].

Pontine haematomas because of capillary telangiectasis must be considered a rare condition. This report deals with autopsies of five such cases. In two of these there was rapid loss of consciousness and/or immediate death, as established by circumstantial evidence. These haematomas proved-- in the estimation of the authors--to be lethal. The two other cases had uremia, and the possibility is discussed that these haemorrhages could be a terminal, concomitant feature of this underlying disease. Whatever significance the brain-stem haemorrhages may have, however attention must be given to these morphological findings in cases of sudden natural death. For the forensic investigator it is also important to know that capillary telangiectasis could be the cause of an accident.

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PubMed1980

[History of the early acute R.D.S. and description of a method to improve immediate postmortem fixation of the lung (author's transl)].

A technique for immediate lung fixation on patients who die of ARDS is described. The advantages compared to the selective needle biopsy, the transthoracic circumscript fixation and the lung fixation organ removal are: 1. functional anatomical proportions are kept, 2. Artefact mainly caused by autolysis is avoided, 3. Simple performance and low costs. The results obtained with the described technique are presented. It is demonstrated that the changes in the initial shock phase correlate well with the pattern of its distribution. These changes are not uniform. Therefore we feel that the results with biopsy are somewhat doubtful.

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PubMed1979

[Suicides in hospitals of Vienna (author's transl)].

An analysis of the autopsies ordered by the Viennese Forensic and Health Authorities between 1967 and 1976 has shown that 2.3% of all suicides were committed in hospitals. Two thirds of the 77 examined cases were carried out by males. Thirty-five patients were in stationary psychiatric treatment; their average age was 50.7 years. In all other kinds of hospitals 42 (mostly male) patients committed suicide at an average age of 65.3 years. Preferred methods of performance were jump and fall from height (44.1%) and hanging (40.3%). Rare methods used were one case of abdominal incisions (harakiri), one self-strangulation, and one case of suffociation in plastic bags. The act was usually accomplished early in the morning or in the late afternoon. Among the suicidal patients who were hospitalized because of organic diseases those with malignant neoplasms [18] and cardiovascular diseases [12] were predominant. Also taking the suicides outside hospitals into consideration the numerical ratio between natural deaths due to cancer and the suicides of cancer patients is about 1:1,000. Amont the suicides in psychiatric institutions schizophrenics [11] and endogenous depressives [7] were the most numerous. In 4 cases the suicide was preceded by acts of injury or homicide.

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[Pump-gun as a weapon. Type of injuries, prohibition of weapons].

Pumpguns are shotguns with pump action whose injuries and wound mechanisms have several special features: extremely high kinetic energy of the shot (2500 to 3500 J) frequent cases of "Krönlein shots" (exenteration of the brain) punchmark/imprint immediately adjacent to the entrance wound from the front of the pipe magazine exit wounds from buckshot may be similar to pellet entrance injuries from a distant shotgun discharge the use of various shotgun cartridges (plastic ammunition, slug bullet, various lead pellets) within the same weapon. The change in the Austrian gun law and the banning of the pumpgun in 1995 is also discussed in the article.

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