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[Sudden cardiac death. Selected forensic aspects]T Bajanowski
Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Universitatsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122 Essen
Pathologe 33:217-27. 2012....
Nicotine and cotinine in infants dying from sudden infant death syndromeT Bajanowski
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 122:23-8. 2008..It can be concluded that nicotine intake by passive smoking is much more important than by breast-feeding. We conclude that both interview data and biochemical measures should be sought to understand the true exposure to tobacco smoke...
Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome?M M Vennemann
PD, University of Munster, Institute of Legal Medicine, Röntgenstrasse 23, D 48149 Munster, Germany
Pediatrics 123:e406-10. 2009..In the last 20 years, the prevention campaigns to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome were very successful. In some countries the advice to breastfeed is included in the campaigns' messages, but in other countries it is not...
Unnatural causes of sudden unexpected deaths initially thought to be sudden infant death syndromeT Bajanowski
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 119:213-6. 2005..g. SIDS) and cases of unnatural death...
Fracture properties of the human mandibleM Unnewehr
Institute of Legal Medicine, , , 48149, , Germany
Int J Legal Med 117:326-30. 2003..5 and 3.1 kN. Lateral impact caused fractures near the impact area as direct fractures of the ipsilateral corpus. Mainly single and double fractures were observed. For lateral impact the fracture threshold was between 0.6 and 0.8 kN...
Accidental mechanical asphyxia of children in Germany between 2000 and 2008F S Meyer
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 126:765-71. 2012..Future incidence can be reduced by implementing two major precautions: increasing product safety and educating parents of potentially fatal risks. Specific recommendations relate to children's beds, toys and food...
Sudden infant death syndrome: no increased risk after immunisationM M T Vennemann
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, and Children s Hospital, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Vaccine 25:336-40. 2007....
The San Diego definition of SIDS: practical application and comparison with the GeSID classificationT Bajanowski
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 120:331-6. 2006..This demonstrates that such cases cannot be classified as SIDS. In conclusion, we recommend the universal acceptance and use of the San Diego SIDS definition...
Analysis of 155 consecutive forensic exhumations with emphasis on undetected homicidesB Karger
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, Roentgenstrasse 23, 48149, Muenster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 118:90-4. 2004..Exhumations can also be regarded as an instrument to evaluate the quality of death certificates and death investigations...
Do immunisations reduce the risk for SIDS? A meta-analysisM M T Vennemann
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, Roentgenstrasse 23, 48129 Munster, Germany
Vaccine 25:4875-9. 2007..There are claims that immunisations cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but some studies have found either no association or that they are associated with a reduced risk of SIDS...
Pathological changes of the heart in sudden infant deathT Bajanowski
Institute of Legal Medicine, , , 48149, , Germany
Int J Legal Med 117:193-203. 2003..Problems in the diagnosis are shown which influence the classification of these disturbances as well as the classification of SID...
Suffocation and poisoning--the hard-hitting side of Munchausen syndrome by proxyB Vennemann
Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Universitatsklinikum Munster, Roentgenstrasse 23, 48149 Munster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 119:98-102. 2005..The cases are discussed in consideration of the relevant literature. In addition warning signs of this forensically relevant syndrome and a strategy for the management of suspected MSBP cases are described...
Are autopsies of help to the parents of SIDS victims? A follow-up on SIDS familiesM M T Vennemann
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149 Munster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 120:352-4. 2006..We conclude that the autopsy is helpful to the majority of bereaved parents. Professional help and self-help groups should be offered to the parents even if the majority in our study did not want to use either...
Coincidence of different structures of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) in the respiratory tract of children: no indications for enhanced mucosal immunostimulation in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)A S Debertin
Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical School of Hannover, Germany
Clin Exp Immunol 146:54-9. 2006..Interestingly, the children with coincidental MALT were strikingly older, supporting the hypothesis of respiratory MALT formation via environmental stimulation over time...
Evaluation of the Reid index in infants and cases of SIDSB Karger
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, Röntgenstrasse 32, 48149, Munster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 118:221-3. 2004....
Prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) due to an active health monitoring system 20 years prior to the public "Back to Sleep" campaignsM Vennemann
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munster, Germany
Arch Dis Child 91:324-6. 2006..Before reunification, the post-neonatal mortality rate was lower in East Germany than in West Germany. Moreover, the incidence of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) was much lower in the East...
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the basilar artery: an unusual case with medico-legal implicationsJ A P van de Nes
Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Forensic Sci Int 173:188-92. 2007..Intracranial FMD is a rare cause in the differential diagnosis of isolated basal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The medico-legal implications of this entity are described in the presented case...
Cooling experiments using dummies covered by leavesL Althaus
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Duisburg Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 121:112-4. 2007..Corrective factors of 1.0 for wet leaves on the ground and of 1.3 and 1.5 for drier leaves were found. If the dummies were additionally covered, corrective factors ranged between 1.8 and 2.7...
Scratched pustule or gunshot wound? A medical odysseyT Bajanowski
Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat, von Esmarch Strasse 62, 48149 Munster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 114:267-8. 2001..This misinterpretation may have been caused by a "professional blinkers phenomenon"...
Deformation characteristics of the human mandible in low impact experimentsA DuChesne
Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149, Munster, Germany
Int J Legal Med 117:257-62. 2003..A fixed occlusion caused an increase of compression at the site of impact and an increasing stretching in the frontal part of the bone and at the opposite collum...
Dioxin in infants--an environmental hazard?T Bajanowski
University of Munster, Institute of Legal Medicine, Germany
Int J Legal Med 116:27-32. 2002..Because of the well-known beneficial effects of breast feeding and considering the results of the present study, this type of infant nutrition can be recommended without any restrictions...
Perforation of the pulmonary artery by a bronchial wall stentD Spendlove
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany
Int J Legal Med 121:204-6. 2007..The general risk to perforate the pulmonary artery during this procedure cannot be estimated from this single observation but should be considered regarding the legal and clinical aspects...
