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Falk, Jens, Fischer, Victoria, Riepert, Thomas and Rothschild, Markus A. (2020). Suicide by air embolism introduced by means of a bicycle pump. Rechtsmedizin, 30 (5). S. 332 - 336. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1434-5196

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Abstract

A 64-year-old man was found dead in bed in his flat. In his right hand he held a bicycle pump to which a small-gauge cannula was attached and two fresh puncture wounds were found on his left hand. During the autopsy an air embolism of ca. 50x202f;ml air was detected in the right ventricle of the heart by means of an aspirometer. The air embolism could not be reliably detected in a thorax radiograph taken prior to autopsy. Blood in the right ventricle was foamy. Pathological changes to organs were not found. Aside from the puncture wounds, there were no signs of externally applied mechanical force. The results of the toxicological analyses were negative.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Falk, Jens UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fischer, Victoria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Riepert, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rothschild, Markus A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-332982
DOI:	10.1007/s00194-020-00394-0
Journal or Publication Title:	Rechtsmedizin
Volume:	30
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 332 - 336
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1434-5196
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DEATH; TRAUMA; PROOF; NECK Multiple languages Medicine, Legal Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33298