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An evidence-based approach to forensic life-threat assessments using spleen injuries as an example
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- Wingren, Carl Johan (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Socialepidemiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Rättsmedicin,Patologi, Malmö,Uppdragsutbildning,Sektionen Forskning, samverkan och innovation,Universitetsförvaltningen,Universitetets ledning och förvaltning,Social Epidemiology,Lund University Research Groups,Forensic Medicine,Pathology, Malmö,Lund University Commissioned Education,Research, Collaboration and Innovation,Central Administration,University Management and Central Administration
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- Elsevier BV, 2023
- 2023
- English.
- In: Forensic Science International. - : Elsevier BV. - 1872-6283 .- 0379-0738. ; 345
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- INTRODUCTION: During the judicial process of addressing violent crime, a forensic practitioner may need to assess whether an inflicted injury should be considered life-threatening. This could be important for the classification of the crime. To some extent, these assessments are arbitrary since the natural course of an injury might not be completely known. To guide the assessment, a quantitative and transparent method based on rates of mortality and acute interventions is suggested, using spleen injuries as an example.METHOD: The electronic database PubMed was searched using the term "spleen injuries" for articles reporting on rates of mortality and interventions such as surgery and angioembolization in spleen injuries. By combining these different rates, a method for a transparent and quantitative assessment of the risk to life across the natural course of spleen injuries is presented.RESULTS: A total of 301 articles were identified, and 33 of these were included in the study. The mortality rate of spleen injuries, as reported in studies, varied between 0% and 2.9% in children, and between 0% and 15.4% in adults. However, when combining the rates of acute interventions and the mortality rates, the risk of death across the natural course of spleen injuries was estimated as 9.7% in children, and 46.4% in adults.CONCLUSION: The calculated risk of death across the natural course of spleen injuries in adults was considerable higher than the observed mortality. A similar but smaller effect was observed in children. The forensic assessment of life-threat in cases involving spleen injury needs further research; however, the applied method is a step towards an evidence-based practice for forensic life-threat assessments.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Rättsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Forensic Science (hsv//eng)
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