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ArticleDer Unfallchirurg2018

[Legal medicine specialists within the framework of acute care : Analysis of legal medicine consultations in relation to the victims' statistics of the state office of criminal investigation in Saxony-Anhalt].

G Pliske, S Heide, B Lucas, K Brandstädter, F Walcher, S Kropf, R Lessig, S Piatek

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G PliskeKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland. gerald.pliske@med.ovgu.de.
S HeideInstitut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
B LucasKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland.
K BrandstädterInstitut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Außenstelle Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Deutschland.
F WalcherKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland.
S KropfInstitut für Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Deutschland.
R LessigInstitut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
S PiatekKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland.

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backgroundIn acute medical care, there are patients who have been injured by the influence of others. The aim of this study was to analyze all cases which were presented to the Institute for Legal Medicine of the University Halle (Saale). The cases where analyzed in relation to the victims' statistics of the state office of criminal investigation in Saxony-Anhalt. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe consultations of the Institute for Legal Medicine Halle-Wittenberg for 2012-2015 were evaluated with regard to the age and gender distribution, the reasons for the consultation and time until the request for consultations. These cases were statistically compared to the victims' statistics of the state office of criminal investigation in Saxony-Anhalt 2014-2015.

resultsA total of 536 cases (55.6% male and 44.4% female patients) were evaluated. In all, 62.1% of patients were under 18 years of age; 43.5% of all consultations were requested by pediatric (surgery) clinics. The most common reasons for consultation were sexual child abuse or violence against children (50.7%). Compared to the victims' statistics, significantly more children were examined by legal medicine specialists than could have been expected (p < 0.001). In adult patients, the most common causes for consultation were acts of violence (20.4%) and domestic violence (10.1%). Among adults, significantly more women and fewer men were presented than expected (p = 0.001).

conclusionThere were only a small number of consultations of legal medicine specialists in relation to the victims' statistics. Most of them were children and women. The temporal latency between the act of violence and the consultations was one day and more. The latency and the renunciation of the consultation of the legal medicine specialists can lead to loss of evidence.

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Crime VictimsCriminalsSpecializationAdolescentAdultChildFemaleForensic MedicineGermanyHumansMaleReferral and ConsultationDocumentation of evidenceEmergency departmentForensic sciencesLegal medicinePreservation of evidence

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