Death Due to Methanol Poisoning in Muğla: Case Series

The Bulletin of Legal Medicine Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.17986/blm.1570

E. Mutlu, Y. Balcı, Çetin Seçkin

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Şube Müdürlüğü’nde otopsisi yapılan ölüm metanol zehirlenmesi olarak olguların eğiliminde olan zehirlenme çeşidiyle ilgili Objective: Methanol poisoning is very dangerous due to its high mortality rate and serious sequelae. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cases whose autopsy was performed in the Mugla Branch Directorate of Forensic Medicine and the cause of death was determined as methanol poisoning, and to raise awareness about this type of poisoning, which is on the rise in our region. Methods: A total of 3.498 autopsies were performed in the Mugla Branch Directorate of Forensic Medicine in an 8-year-period between 2013 and 2020, and the cause of death in 21 of them was determined as methyl alcohol intoxication. rate due to methyl alcohol intoxication is 6.0 per thousand. Sixteen (76.2%) of the 21 deaths due to methyl alcohol intoxication occurred in 2020. Conclusion: The increase in methanol poisoning cases may be associated with economic problems, people gravitating towards buying cheap alcohol, lockdowns and places that sell alcohol being closed, people trying to produce their own alcohol, shopping via the internet, and unsafe shopping.

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Muğla甲醇中毒致死:病例系列

Şube Müdürlüğü ' nde otopsisi yapılan ölüm甲醇中毒因其死亡率高，后遗症严重，是一种非常危险的疾病。olguların eğiliminde olan zehirlenme idiyle ilgili这项研究的目的是评估在Mugla法医分局进行尸检并确定死因为甲醇中毒的案件，并提高对这类中毒的认识，这类中毒在我们地区呈上升趋势。方法:2013 - 2020年8年间，在穆拉区法医分局共进行了3498例尸体解剖，其中21例死因确定为甲醇中毒。因甲醇中毒而死亡的比率为千分之六。21例甲醇中毒死亡中有16例(76.2%)发生在2020年。结论:甲醇中毒病例的增加可能与经济问题有关，人们倾向于购买廉价酒精，封锁和出售酒精的地方被关闭，人们试图自己生产酒精，通过互联网购物，以及不安全的购物。

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