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Unexpected Human Fatality Associated with Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Heat Treatment.
Abstract Thermal insect treatments can be an effective method of controlling cryptic insect pests, particularly bed bugs, in residential settings. The treatments require high heat over a sustained timeframe. Residents are not present during treatment but return after completion. An unexpected death was investigated following heat treatment for bed bugs in the home of an elderly female, found with a postmortem axillary temperature of 106.2°F (41.2°C) approximately 8 h after returning home. The cause of death was classified as hyperthermia with a contributory cause of hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The manne...
Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - August 6, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Sanford MR, Torres M, Ross J Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research

Dancing to death: A case of heat stroke
Publication date: Available online 4 May 2017 Source:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine Author(s): K. Nadesan, Chandra Kumari, Mohd Afiq Heat stroke is a medical emergency which may lead to mortality unless diagnosed early and treated effectively. Heat stroke may manifest rapidly, hence making it difficult to differentiate it from other clinical causes in a collapsed victim. 1 We are presenting a case report of twelve patients who were admitted to our emergency department from a music festival held on 13–15th of March 2014. They developed complications arising from a combination of severe adverse weather condition, ...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - May 5, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

A rare autopsy case of traumatic rhabdomyolysis associated with intermittent assault
Rhabdomyolysis, or the dissolution of skeletal muscle, is characterized by the leakage of intramyocellular substances such as myoglobin, electrolytes, and other sarcoplasmic proteins into the circulation [1–3]. The development of rhabdomyolysis has many causes, including trauma, excessive muscular activity (e.g., exercises and seizures), prolonged immobilization, muscle ischemia, infection, excess body heat (e.g., heat stroke and malignant syndrome), metabolic and electrolyte disorders, drugs and toxins, and genetic defects [4–9].
Source: Legal Medicine - April 11, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Fumiko Chiba, Yohsuke Makino, Ayumi Motomura, Go Inokuchi, Namiko Ishii, Suguru Torimitsu, Yumi Hoshioka, Hiroko Abe, Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Mari Hashimoto, Ayaka Sakuma, Sayaka Nagasawa, Hisako Saito, Daisuke Yajima, Hirotaro Iwase Source Type: research

Corrigendum to Fatal heat stroke in a child entrapped in a confined space J Forens Legal Med 34 (August 2015) 139–144
Publication date: Available online 31 December 2015 Source:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine Author(s): Veronique Alunni, Dominique Crenesse, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti, Yvan Gaillard, Gérald Quatrehomme
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - January 11, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Fatal heat stroke in a child entrapped in a confined space
We report the case of a child succumbing to heatstroke caused by confinement in an icebox. The post mortem examination found cyanosis and hematomas indicating that the child had tried to get out of the container. The temperature of the body was higher than it should have been considering the rigor and delay before post mortem examination. The autopsy showed no significant injury and toxicological tests were negative. A physiological study etablished that death resulted from heatstroke, not a lack of oxygen or CO2 poisoning. We conclude that heat stroke should be considered as a possible mechanism of death even in the absen...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - June 24, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Evaluating infant core temperature response in a hot car using a heat balance model
Conclusions Infants left in vehicles during the workday can reach hazardous thermal thresholds quickly even with mild environmental temperatures. These results provide a seasonal analogue of infant heat stroke time course. Further effort is required to create a universally available forensic tool to predict vehicular hyperthermia time course to demise.
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - October 21, 2014 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research