6 results on '"Strona M"'
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2. [An unusual case of suicidal carbon monoxide poisoning committed using a portable barbecue grill].
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Bolechała F and Strona M
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- Aged, Autopsy, Cause of Death, Forensic Pathology methods, Humans, Male, Poland, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning blood, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning pathology, Carboxyhemoglobin analysis, Suicide
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Fatal carbon monoxide poisoning is relatively often encountered in medico-legal practice. Although we usually deal with events of an accidental nature, cases of suicidal character are also quite common, both in Poland and in other European countries. The source of a poisonous gas that is used by a suicide to take his life are usually exhaust fumes from cars and home gas water-heaters that are released in closed spaces. In the present report, the authors present an atypical case--the only such instance in the history of the Krakow Department--where a high carbon monoxide concentration level was achieved by burning briquetted coal in a typical portable barbecue grill. A 65-year old male lit the grill in a room locked from inside, where he had previously sealed all cracks and vents; he left a written message by the entrance where he warned his flatmates about the presence of gas. The investigation determined that the predominant underlying reason of his committing suicide were health problems. As it follows from the analysis of literature on the subject, despite extensively available materials, such a suicide method is exceptionally rare in the European or American culture, where isolated cases only are presented. On the other hand, the authors emphasize the fact that within the last score of years, using barbecue grills in suicidal poisoning has become exceedingly common in the Far East countries. The present report points to certain historical and cultural determinants that may affect such a distinct geographical polarization of the discussed method being used in some Asian countries and refers to a widely discussed by specialists significant role of mass media in popularization of such a suicide method.
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- 2013
3. "Legal highs"--toxicity in the clinical and medico-legal aspect as exemplified by suicide with bk-MBDB administration.
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Rojek S, Kłys M, Strona M, Maciów M, and Kula K
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- 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine analysis, 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine poisoning, Chromatography, Liquid, Designer Drugs analysis, Forensic Toxicology, Hallucinogens analysis, Humans, Limit of Detection, Liver chemistry, Male, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Young Adult, 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine analogs & derivatives, Designer Drugs poisoning, Hallucinogens poisoning, Suicide
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The easily available "legal highs", which are products containing psychoactive substances, such as cathinones, piperazines and synthetic cannabinoids, are abused by adolescents in Poland and in the world as alternatives to classic drugs, such as amphetamines or marijuana. The majority of these potentially dangerous substances are still legal and they are associated with a risk of severe poisoning or even death, and provide new challenges in clinical and forensic toxicological practice. Investigations in the field of "designer drugs" may be well illustrated by the case of a suicide of a 21-year old male who ingested a specified dose of a preparation called "Amphi-bi-a" that contains bk-MBDB, chemically 2-methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) butan-1-one, which belongs to the cathinone group, as a synthetic euphoric empathogen and psychoactive stimulant that is chemically similar to MDMA. It is one of more common components of "legal highs" examined in Poland and other countries. The documentation of the case includes a clinical assessment of the patient's health status performed during his almost 4-h hospitalization before death, autopsy and histological examinations supported by toxicological findings revealing bk-MBDB at extremely high concentrations (at 20 mg/l in the blood and 33 mg/kg in the liver); hence, this body of evidence contributes to knowledge in the field of "designer drugs". Inventions of designers of new psychoactive xenobiotics, which are much in demand, especially in view of the dynamic Internet marketing, which drums up narcobusiness, must be balanced by a national strategy developed by medical, legal and educational circles in the modern civilized world in order to prevent the spreading of the phenomenon., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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4. [Physical illness as an aim in suicidal mutilations].
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Bolechała F, Strona M, Konopka T, Woźniak K, Gross A, and Kunz J
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- Aged, Critical Illness psychology, Female, Forensic Psychiatry, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Chronic Disease psychology, Mental Disorders psychology, Self Mutilation psychology, Suicide psychology
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This study presents five cases of completed suicides in which injures were situated in parts of the body changed by illness or in areas related to medical treatment. Following early research, physical illness has been identified as an important risk factor for suicide and for suicidal behavior. It is an unusual and rare problem when opposition to somatic disease is signified by the localization and character of suicidal injures. These cases illustrate such a phenomenon, where the body--in a symbolic way is engaged in expression of human stress and frustration. This is caused by the loss of the possibility to control one's own life. The authors also discussed this problem in the view of the literature.
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- 2005
5. [Chest stab wound comparison in suicidal and homicidal cases].
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Konopka T, Bolechała F, and Strona M
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- Abdominal Injuries epidemiology, Adult, Arm Injuries epidemiology, Autopsy, Female, Homicide psychology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neck Injuries epidemiology, Poland epidemiology, Suicide psychology, Thoracic Injuries psychology, Time Factors, Wounds, Stab psychology, Homicide statistics & numerical data, Suicide statistics & numerical data, Thoracic Injuries epidemiology, Wounds, Stab epidemiology
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In view of the appearance of cases of homicides by stabbing in which the killer claims that the victim committed suicide cases of homicides and suicides of this type have been compared. Contrary to the opinions appearing in the medico-legal issues stating that the commonly described features of the suicidal wounds such as tentative wounds, stabbing in the intercostals space, "removal" of clothes do not appear in some of the suicides, a few of these features do appear in each of the examined cases. Having considered the horizontal wound arrangement in the skin, which is a newly described feature, the differentiation between homicides and suicides are more categorical. In addition to that, the low level of alcohol in the blood is an extremely characteristic feature of the suicide by chest stabbing. On the contrary, typical features of suicidal death don't appear in cases of "aggressive self-destruction", self inflicted fatal wounds inflicted by a person with mental disorders.
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- 2003
6. [Atypical cases of suicides].
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Kunz J and Strona M
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- Arm Injuries pathology, Autopsy, Expert Testimony, Face pathology, Female, Forensic Medicine methods, Humans, Leg Injuries pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Neck Injuries pathology, Alcohol Drinking psychology, Suicide psychology, Thoracic Injuries pathology, Wounds, Stab pathology
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The authors present two cases stated by the Legal Authorities to be suicides. Medicolegal autopsy picture in both was absolutely unusual when comparing with these type of cases and suggested death due to crime.
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- 2003
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