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ArticleJournal of forensic sciences2021

A rare suicide case involving fatal bleeding from varicose veins.

Petr Handlos, Klára Handlosová, Ondřej Klabal, Matěj Uvíra

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Article in Journal of forensic sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Petr HandlosDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Klára HandlosováDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Ondřej KlabalDepartment of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Matěj UvíraDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
University Hospital Ostrava · CZCharles University · CZPalacký University Olomouc · CZ

Funding

Ministerstvo Zdravotnictví Ceské Republiky 06/RVO-FNOs/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report deals with a sharp force suicide case, which may challenge the experience of many forensic pathologists as well as the studies published to date. An overview of the published cases shows that sharp force suicides account only for 1.6%-3% of all suicides and the self-inflicted injuries are usually localized on the body parts easily accessible with one's hand including the neck, thorax, or upper extremities, as well as in locations of major vascular bundles or vital organs. Reported, however, is a case in which the victim relied on the knowledge of her medical condition and used a kitchen knife to incise her varicose veins, which resulted in fatal bleeding. The case is rare on a number of grounds: incision of varicose veins is rarely the method of choice in suicide cases, injuries of peripheral veins are rarely fatal, and so are injuries of isolated veins where no damage to arteries is suffered.

Indexed as

Suicide, CompletedVaricose VeinsAgedExsanguinationFemaleHumansautopsyfatal hemorrhageforensic pathologyincised woundssharp force fatalitysuicidevaricose veins

Identifiers

PMID34110023
PMCPMC8453907
OpenAlexW3171286652

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