{"title":"[To the 100th anniversary of the birth of MD, PhD, professor Lyusik Oganesovna Barsegyants].","authors":"Yu A Solokhin, M L Danielyan","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246702167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246702167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article presents information about the life and activity of the outstanding scientist, professor L.O. Barsegyants.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 2","pages":"67-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140866682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O L Romanova, M L Blagonravov, P G Dzhuvalyakov, V I Torshin, E Kh Barinov, A V Ershov, M A Kislov
{"title":"[Assessment of histological changes in the lungs and Bax and Bcl-2 expression in bronchial epithelium, alveolar type 1 cells and neutrophils of rats in poisoning with baclofen].","authors":"O L Romanova, M L Blagonravov, P G Dzhuvalyakov, V I Torshin, E Kh Barinov, A V Ershov, M A Kislov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246705136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246705136","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study the histological changes in lung of rats, evaluate their dynamics and determine the Bax and Bcl-2 genes expression in bronchial epithelium, alveolar type 1 cells and neutrophils at different times after the administration of baclofen.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The experiment was conducted on 20 mature (at the age of 20 weeks) male Wistar rats with a mass of 290-350 g, distributed in 4 groups (5 rats in each). Animals in the control group did not receive baclofen. Rats in experimental groups received baclofen at a dose of 85 mg/kg: in the 1st group, the experiment duration was 3 hours (time to maximum observed blood drug concentration); in the 2nd group - 4.5 h (drug half-life and time to maximum observed concentration of the main drug's metabolite - beta-[p-chlorophenyl])-gamma-hydroxybutyric acid in the blood); in the 3rd group - 24 h.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A complex of pathological reactions developed in lungs of experimental animals when baclofen muscle relaxant was administered, namely circulatory disturbances at all levels of the microvasculature (venular and capillary congestion, hemorrhages in the interalveolar septums, alveoli, sludge), emphysema, sites of which punctuated with atelectases and dystelectases. The complex of pathological changes in the lungs had a certain dynamics and reached its highest severity by the 24th hour. Bax expression was strong, while Bcl-2 expression was moderate in the immunohistochemical (IHC) study of bronchical epithelium and alveolar type 1 cells, Bax and Bcl-2 expression in neutrophils was moderate in rats of the 1st group. The expression of Bax and Bcl-2 was strong in the bronchial epithelium and alveolar type 1 cells, the expression of Bax in neutrophils was moderate, and BCL-2 - strong in animals of the 2nd group. The expression of Bax in bronchial epithelium and alveolar type 1 cells was moderate, expression of Bcl-2 in bronchial epithelium and alveolar type 1 cells - strong, expression of Bax in neutrophils - weak and expression of Bcl-2 - strong among the rats of the 3rd group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The complex of pathological changes in lungs had a certain dynamic. Data on the histological changes in lungs in combination with the results of the chemical study, can be used to diagnose the poisoning by baclofen and to establish the time since the drug was administered. The results obtained during the IHC study suggest the involvement of apoptosis in the development of lesion of bronchial epithelium and alveolar type 1 cells. In addition, the expression of Bcl-2 in epithelial cells may play a role in the process of their regeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 5","pages":"36-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142509563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N S Averkin, M G Fedorova, N I Mikulyak, O I Illarionova, I A Sorokin, D S Efremova
{"title":"[Incidence of sudden cardiac death among diseases of the circulatory system during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Penza region].","authors":"N S Averkin, M G Fedorova, N I Mikulyak, O I Illarionova, I A Sorokin, D S Efremova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246705110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246705110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among overall and primary morbidity of diseases of the circulatory system (DCS) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several years before it in urban and rural populations of the Penza region.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Statistical analysis of data using correlation (Pearson's coefficient), regression methods, t-test was performed to determine the significance of results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The higher incidence of DCS among men in urban areas has been found. COVID-19 morbidity did not cause an increase in the incidence of SCD in the rural population in comparison with primary DCS morbidity, which was strongly correlated with the prevalence of novel coronavirus infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 5","pages":"10-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142509567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G V Zolotenkova, P V Minaeva, D A Sheptulin, D P Kalashnikov
{"title":"[Forensic characteristic of drowning cases in the Russian Federation for the period from 2013 to 2022].","authors":"G V Zolotenkova, P V Minaeva, D A Sheptulin, D P Kalashnikov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246704111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246704111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study forensic characteristic of drowning mortality cases in the Russian Federation for the period from 2013 to 2022.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Dynamics and territorial specificity of drowning (in absolute values and in terms of 100 thous. population), proportion of histological examinations, cases of ethanol detection in the blood upon the occurrence of death by drowning and the proportion of children under 14 years among deceased from drowning.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>The evidence suggests the necessity for intersectoral approaches of preventive measures creation. The results of the study could be used to establish a monitoring system as part of a national water safety strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 4","pages":"11-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu I Pigolkin, P S Velenko, E A Gritsenko, S N Zakharov, A A Bychkov
{"title":"[Forensic characteristic of sudden death cases in subjects with metabolic syndrome].","authors":"Yu I Pigolkin, P S Velenko, E A Gritsenko, S N Zakharov, A A Bychkov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246704154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246704154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comparing pace and standard of living of the world population these days and in the end of the last century, it's quiet true that there has been a significant increase. Therewith, the number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases has increased in recent decades. Scientists around the world attribute this fact to the increase in the number of people with overweight and other metabolic disorders. Unhealthy lifestyle, namely unbalanced diet, stress, bad habits (smoking, alcohol abuse) leads to metabolic disorders and metabolic syndrome development, that, in turn, can be the main risk factor for complications of associated diseases leading to fatal outcome. The present study gives a forensic description of sudden death in metabolic syndrome, its pathomorphological features were investigated, the causes of death were shown, as well as their relationship with biochemical abnormalities in the body.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 4","pages":"54-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Yu Chudakov, A P Bozhchenko, Yu A Khrustaleva, I A Tolmachev, V V Gayvoronskaya
{"title":"[Diagnostic criteria of death cause from low temperature in air and water established by traditional expert examination methods].","authors":"A Yu Chudakov, A P Bozhchenko, Yu A Khrustaleva, I A Tolmachev, V V Gayvoronskaya","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246703129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246703129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Death from general hypothermia is one of the leading causes in the structure of violent death in the Russian Federation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To clarify and supplement the complex of differential diagnostic macro- and microscopic signs of a fatal acute general cold trauma received when person is in the air and water.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The conclusions of forensic medical experts on the bodies of people who died from hypothermia in the air and in water (by 150 observations) were analyzed. Methods of descriptive statistics, calculation of the frequency ratio of signs' occurrence were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The article provides quantitative assessment of occurrence (detection) rate of diagnostically significant signs established with the help of traditional methods of expert examination. A new classification of diagnostic death signs from hypothermia taking into account their differential diagnostic significance and reflecting the conditions of a person's stay in the air and water in the pre-mortem and post-mortem periods, as well as terminal period mechanisms is proposed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The established complexes of signs provide an objective basis for determining death cause in non-obvious conditions when cold exposure is expected to be one of the most damaging factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 3","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A L Fedorovtsev, E I Koroleva, I S Edelev, N S Edelev
{"title":"[Laboratory examinations in forensic medical expertises on crimes against sexual integrity and sexual freedom].","authors":"A L Fedorovtsev, E I Koroleva, I S Edelev, N S Edelev","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246703110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246703110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article presents the results of analysis of 482 forensic biological and forensic cytological expertises on cases of sexual crimes. A presence of different types of such crimes has been noted. Expertises' effectiveness when examining content of vagina, oral cavity and rectum, impression smears and lavages from suspects' genital organs, subungual content of victims and suspects and other objects has been determined. The dependence of expertises' effectiveness on the terms of object removal has been noted. The article presents a number of objects' examination methods (luminescent-microscopic spermatozoids' identification, diagnosis of cells origin from mucous membranes of the vagina and oral cavity, determination of group belonging of specific cells in specimens, diagnosis of fecal masses presence) allowing to improve expertises' quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 3","pages":"10-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Morphology of sternum for formation of the biological profile of unidentified individual].","authors":"G V Zolotenkova, T A Tareeva","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246703160","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20246703160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Identification of a person by general group characteristics does not lose its relevance over a long period. An analysis of publications (2000-2023) devoted to the possibilities of using the sternum to determine gender and age showed a fairly large amount of work on this topic, with very promising results. The trend in the development of this area is the use of modern methods of medical imaging. This becomes the starting point for conducting such studies on the territory of the Russian Federation and developing a methodology that includes the Russian population, taking into account their population characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 3","pages":"60-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G V Zolotenkova, P V Minaeva, N V Polukhin, D P Kalashnikov
{"title":"[Mechanical asphyxia in the structure of violent death in the Russian Federation from 2013 to 2022 years].","authors":"G V Zolotenkova, P V Minaeva, N V Polukhin, D P Kalashnikov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246702112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246702112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of the study is to examine the death incidence from mechanical asphyxia in the Russian Federation in the period from 2013 to 2022 yr., to determine the dynamics of changes in indicators of its main types and to reveal territorial specificity. The results obtained with the use of medical statistics methods can be applied to implement measures for health protection, prevent risk factors of fatal outcome among population, to improve the training of forensic medical experts.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 2","pages":"12-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O D Yagmurov, E P Fedotova, V A Fetisov, E Yu Kalinina, Z V Davydova, Yu V Shabanova
{"title":"[Is this iatrogenic pathology or rare disease?]","authors":"O D Yagmurov, E P Fedotova, V A Fetisov, E Yu Kalinina, Z V Davydova, Yu V Shabanova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20246703145","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20246703145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article is devoted to the problem of diagnosis and treatment strategy of Buerger's disease rarely found in the expert and clinical practice, that is inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, affecting mainly small and medium arteries and veins of limbs. Vascular surgeons around the world have been solving this problem for many years, both in terms of timely diagnosis of this disease and its proper pathogenic treatment. The authors of the article described an expert case of Buerger's disease larvated course in 15-years-old girl, which primarily was mistakenly assessed by specialists as iatrogenic pathology of right forearm vessels in injecting aminazin solution that, according to the clinicians' opinion, led to dry gangrene formation of right wrist and its subsequent amputation. The results of the forensic histological study and retrospective analysis of all child's medical documents allowed to correctly diagnose this rare pathology but only on the stage of commission forensic medical examination in the framework of the initiated criminal proceeding against several leading medical organizations in Saint-Petersburg with a pediatric profile. The authors noted the role of routine medical manipulation in manifestation of larvated pathologic process in a teenage girl in addition to full health and well-being. The objective of present article is devoted to understanding this problem.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"67 3","pages":"45-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}