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  • A 15-year review of lightning deaths in Germany-with a focus on pathognomonic findings 
    Bingert, Rebecca; Bremer, Larissa; Buettner, Andreas; Nigbur, Stefan; Blumenthal, Ryan; Zack, Fred (Springer, 2024-07)
    Lethal accidents caused by lightning are divided into observed and unobserved events. Pathognomonic or characteristic findings are often overlooked during external postmortem examination. Classical mistakes may be made ...
  • The added value of molecular-based diagnostics in the African forensic medical setting 
    Van Deventer, B.S.; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Du Toit-Prinsloo, L.; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2022-09)
    Sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) is reported to be an extraordinarily high burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with the incidence rate in South Africa among the highest in the world. It is common for the cause of many ...
  • Cardiovascular deaths : what do the genes say? 
    Van Deventer, Barbara Stroh; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-12)
    Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are ever-increasing, and as such are considered to be one of the most concerning public health burdens worldwide. They remain the leading cause of death across the world (~17.7 million deaths ...
  • Case report of sudden death in a child with Williams syndrome following administration of anaesthesia 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus); Honey, Engela M. (Taylor and Francis, 2015-04)
    Williams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by distinctive personality traits, facial features (so called “elfin face”) and cardiac abnormalities, of which supravalvular aortic stenosis is the most ...
  • Childhood and adolescent fatalities at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory : 2005-2009 
    Van den Ordel, G.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-03)
    BACKGROUND : Children and young adults are particularly vulnerable to intentional and accidental fatal injuries. The majority of deaths in Africa in children <5 years of age are due to infectious diseases. Road traffic ...
  • Deaths due to police action and deaths in custody : a persistent problem in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Barit, Shimon; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Institute for Security Studies, 2020)
    In 2013, South Africa had the second highest rate of imprisonment in Africa. During the apartheid era, a substantial number of deaths in custody involved political detainees. However, two decades after the abolition of ...
  • Delayed post mortem predation in lightning strike carcasses : sense or nonsense? 
    Blumenthal, Ryan (The Birds of Prey Programme of South Africa’s Endangered Wildlife Trust, 2014)
    An adult giraffe was struck dead by lightning on a game farm outside Phalaborwa, South Africa in March 2014. Interestingly, delayed post-mortem predation occurred on the carcass, which according to the farm owners was an ...
  • Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings : a comparative study conducted in South Africa 
    Joubert, Doret M.; Rossouw, Servaas Hofmeyr; Solomon, C.; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-11)
    BACKGROUND. The anatomical pathology autopsy serves several purposes, notably as a quality management tool for evaluation of accuracy in clinical diagnosis. Despite its value, for various reasons there has been an ...
  • Drugged driving in South Africa 
    Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Steenkamp, Vanessa (Institute for Security Studies, 2019-03)
    Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and increase the probability ...
  • A follow-up study of a large group of children struck by lightning 
    Silva, L.M.A.; Cooper, M.A.; Blumenthal, Ryan; Pliskin, N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-09)
    BACKGROUND. On 11 November 1994, 26 preadolescent girls, 2 adult supervisors and 7 dogs were sleeping in a tent in rural South Africa when the tent was struck by lightning. Four of the girls and 4 of the dogs were killed. ...
  • The forensic autopsy as a teaching tool : attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate medical students at the University of Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickworth, G.P.; Snyman, G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)
    BACKGROUND. Numerous articles have been published on the use of autopsies in training medical students in anatomy and different branches of pathology. Some authors have described the emotional response of students who ...
  • Forensic case book : mirror image ‘selfie’ causes confusion 
    Robinson, Liam; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Bernitz, Herman (South African Dental Association, 2020-04)
    The body of a decomposed female was found immersed in a water purification plant in a small town. The South African Police Service (SAPS) believed that the body could be that of a person they had been searching for since ...
  • Forensic dentistry case book 8 : taking identification to a higher level 
    Bernitz, Herman; Saayman, Gert (South African Dental Association, 2017-03)
    Dental identification of decomposed, burned and mutilated remains usually involves comparing the ante-mortem with the post-mortem dental records of the suspected victim. This procedure is dependent on the availability of ...
  • Investigating the risk of lightning’s pressure blast wave 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; West, Nicholas J. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-03)
    We investigated the pathology of human trauma associated with lightning’s pressure blast wave. Within what range is a human at risk and what are the risks? Two theories for the trauma currently exist: the flash ...
  • Is Reye’s syndrome still a valid diagnosis? 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Snyman, Philip; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-05)
    Reye’s syndrome is characterised by acute non-inflammatory encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver. The exact aetiology of the syndrome is unknown, but there is an association with viral infections and the use ...
  • Lightning medicine in rural practice 
    Blumenthal, Ryan (Medkow Publications, 2014-10)
    No abstract available.
  • Lightning medicine in South Africa 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Trengrove, Estelle; Jandrell, Ian R.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-07)
    South Africa has a rich history of lightning research; however, research on the clinical and pathological effects and features of lightning-related injury (keraunomedicine or lightning medicine) remains neglected locally. ...
  • Lodox® digital imaging – a tool for dental identification in single and mass fatality situations 
    Bernitz, Herman; Verster, Janette (South African Dental Association, 2017-04)
    Lodox®Statscan™ is a relatively recent addition to the field of post- mortem radiology and imaging in forensic dentistry and forensic medicine. A number of cases were encountered where victims who could not undergo ...
  • Managing the remains of fetuses and abandoned infants : a call to urgently review South African law and medicolegal practice 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickles, C.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-06)
    This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal remains emanating from elective and therapeutic termination of pregnancies, stillbirths and miscarriages and the remains ...
  • Medicolegal perspectives of interpersonal violence : a review of first-contact clinical notes 
    Loots, Donovan P.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-10)
    BACKGROUND. South Africa has one of the highest rates of interpersonal violence (IPV), in all its forms, in the world. Incidents of assault are largely under-reported and place an immense burden on the healthcare, fiscal ...