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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2006-01)Lightning is a serious danger, and constitutes one of our country’s deadliest weather phenomena. A review of the southern African medical literature shows a paucity of published data on lightning fatalities, with most ...
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(Elsevier, 2009)A study was undertaken to research the occurrence of homicide–suicide events in the Pretoria region from January 1997 until October 2001. It is important to attempt understanding this tragic phenomenon from psychiatric ...
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(Elsevier, 2009)There is a paucity of data with regards to non-lightning, electrical-related injuries in sub-Saharan Africa. A review of the South African medical literature also shows a dearth of electrocution-related information. This ...
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(Libertas Academica, 2010)Sudden and unexpected death in the young is a common and worldwide problem. Sudden, unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), clinically unexpected death in an infant between one week and one year of age, affects around 1 in ...
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(Springer, 2010)Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has been reported to be the leading cause of death in infants under 1 year of age in many countries. Unfortunately, a paucity of published research data exists in South Africa, with ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)No abstract available.
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012-03)A 48 year-old-female was struck dead by lightning on the 24th October 2010 in Pretoria South Africa. The cause of death was due to direct lightning strike. Examination showed secondary missile injury on her legs. This ...
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(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. ...
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(Lippencott, Williams & Wilkens, 2012-09)Five mechanisms have been described in the literature regarding lightning injury mechanisms. A sixth mechanism is proposed in this article, namely, lightning barotrauma. A simple laboratory experiment was conducted using ...
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(SAGE, 2013)This study aimed to establish the incidence of homicide, associated pathology of trauma and victim profiles in cases admitted to or managed as homicidal deaths at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory (PMLL) over the period ...
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(Springer, 2013)INTRODUCTION : South Africa manifests a socio-economic dichotomy that shows features of both a developed and developing country. As a result of this, areas exist where the lack of resources and expertise prevents the ...
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(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 ...
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(EDP Sciences, 2014-03)The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Human Immunodefi ciency Virus (HIV) amongst decedents admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory (MLL). The study was designed as a cross sectional study. ...
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(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 ...
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(Springer, 2014-06)A 41-year old male sustained a fatal gunshot wound during a house robbery. Police enquiries and scene investigation revealed that a single shot had been fired and that one spent 9 mm cartridge case was retrieved from the scene.
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014-09)The incidence of fatal injuries in children has been reported to be highest among children aged 1 to 4 years. Major causes of head injury include road traffic accidents, falls, and intentional or inflicted injury (such as ...
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(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014-09)Bone marrow embolism in electrocution was first described in the literature by Rappaport et al (Am J Pathol. 1951;27(3):407Y433) in 1951. Two case studies demonstrating this phenomenon are reported here, one involving ...
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(Elsevier, 2014-12)The misuse of alcohol has a particularly detrimental effect and is one of the most significant public health problems in South Africa and it also has an impact on the criminal justice system with evidence of association ...
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(Elsevier, 2014-12)Currently in South Africa research into sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) is limited. The causes of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remain obscure despite full medico-legal investigations inclusive of autopsy, ...
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