Vol 4, No 4 (2018)

The article is timed to 100-year jubilee of SBIH «Bureau of FME». The main events in the history of the largest state institution of forensic medicine in Russia from the date of its foundation in November, 1918 till today are analyzed in the context of development of national forensic medicine as a whole.

The paper presents the point of view of an endocrinologist to causes of death in patients with most prevalent endocrine disorders, such as thyroid disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity. The author critically analyzes the trends of the last years in the principles of registration of causes of death in diabetes mellitus, emphasizing the need to differentiate between “associated diseases” and “etiologically related diseases”.

The article presents a case from the practice of the Serpukhov Department of the Bureau of Forensic Medicine, when for the first time on the territory of the Russian Federation in the event of a criminal death of a child from mechanical asphyxiation in a district forensic department, the computed tomography of the corpse was used (virtual autopsy) with subsequent radiological-anatomical comparison of the results.

The article presents the results of a study of the pigment composition of feces in traces on material evidence by the method of thin-layer chromatography. The aim of the study was to develop a method for determining the presence of feces based on the detection of stercobilin. The objects of the study were samples of feces of adults without visible pathological changes in the liver, gallbladder, intestines in a sectional study, with a fence age of 3 days to 1 year. When using chromatography of fecal samples in the solvent system butanol-distilled water-glacial acetic acid (4:1:2) and subsequent processing with Ehrlich reagent positive results were obtained – the appearance of red stripes on chromatograms at Rf = 0,55–0,6, which indicates the presence of stercobilin. When studying the samples of meconium, blood, salvia, sweat, vaginal contents, and urine by this way, the reaction to the presence of stercobilin was negative. Thus, this method can be used in practice to determine the presence of feces in the traces on physical evidence.

Butan is an inhaled drug that sensitized myocardium to the arrhythmogenic effects of catecholamines. This study revealed that fatal heart arrhythmia after butane inhalation had been provoked by emotional or physical hyperadrenalinemia.

The article identifies the key stages of the primary specialized accreditation of a specialist in speciality “Forensic medical examination”.

In the publication, based on the book «the History of forensic medicine» under the editorship of doctor of medical sciences, professor Burkhard Madea, provides basic information about forensic medicine in the People’s Republic of China, details the history of its origin, the path and the complexity of its development, shows the current organization of services, the principles of training of forensic experts. The achievements of Chinese forensic medicine, both in the past and in the present, are noted.

The article focuses on the problems of mortality rate and the ways of its reducing in the Moscow Region as well as correct coding of causes of death according to ICD-10.

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CYCLES OF THE DEPARTMENT FORENSIC MEDICINE “MOSCOW REGIONAL RESEARCH CLINICAL INSTITUTE n. a. M.F. VLADIMIRSKIY” FOR 2019