Evaluation of forensic autopsies of the elderly people in sivas

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dc.contributor.authorYücel Beyaztaş, Fatma
dc.contributor.authorBütün, Celal
dc.contributor.authorÖzer, Erdal
dc.contributor.authorÇelik, Muharrem
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-26T17:54:22Z
dc.date.available2024-10-26T17:54:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Aging is a physiological phenomenon, and the elderly group constitutes individuals aged 65 years and over. In this study we aimed to discuss socio-demographic and forensic medicine investigations in the elderly, together with autopsy findings. Materials and Method: Among a total of 540 cases autopsied for judicial reasons during a four-year period (2006-2009) in the morgue of Cumhuriyet University Hospital, 123 of them were evaluated as cases of elderly death. The cases were analyzed with respect to sociodemographic and forensic medicine parameters: gender, age, type of death according to crime scene investigation, date of death, crime scene and autopsy findings. Results: The majority of elderly deaths, whose cause of death was frequently (41.5%) reported as associated with suspicious causes, were of male gender aged between 65-96 years(73.2%), with most (60.2%) belonging to the 65-74 age group. A greater number (32.5%) of fatal events occurred during the spring months. Conclusion: The causes of deaths of the elderly forensic cases are very important, as they are in all criminal cases. Circumstances of death, crime scene investigations, necropsic examination, laboratory analysis, and assessment of medicolegal investigation documents should be performed in the determination of manner of death. Therefore, if detailed examination is not possible then manner of death can not be exactly determined. In this study, the most common cause was suspicious deaths, followed by traffic accidents, falls from a height, hanging, poisoning, fire arm injuries, and freezing to death.
dc.identifier.endpage438
dc.identifier.issn1307-9948
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84891333448
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage434
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/27171
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofTurk Geriatri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAged; Aging; Autopsy; Cause of Death; Forensic Medicine
dc.titleEvaluation of forensic autopsies of the elderly people in sivas
dc.title.alternativeSi?vas'ta adli? otopsi? uygulanan yaşli ölümleri?ni?n de?erlendi?ri?lmesi?
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