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  • 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 : lightning-induced pneumomediastinum 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Saayman, Gert (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017-06)
    We present the case of a 41-year-old woman who was fatally injured during a witnessed lightning strike event and in whom autopsy revealed the unusual keraunopathological finding of overt pneumomediastinum. The possible ...
  • 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 ...
  • "Death at the wheel" due to tuberculosis of the myocardium : a case report 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Elsevier, 2016-07)
    According to the WorldHealth Organization, an estimated 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB) with approximately 25% of TB cases being from Africa. TB was reported as the number one cause of natural death for ...
  • 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 ...
  • Deaths from bee stings : a report of three cases from Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2016-03)
    In South Africa bee stings are most commonly caused by either Apis mellifera capensis or A. mellifera scutellata, indigenous species which are notoriously aggressive when compared to European honey bees. According to ...
  • 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 ...
  • A demographic study of homicide–suicide in the Pretoria region over a 5 year period 
    Jena, Shirley; Mountany, Leverne; Muller, Anton (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Disk battery ingestion : a rare cause of perforation of the brachiocephalic artery 
    Loots, Donovan P.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2015-12)
    A previously healthy 2 year old female toddler was brought to the emergency department with a history of severe hematemesis. Posterior-Anterior (PA) and lateral chest radiographs demonstrated a round radio-opaque object ...
  • Does a sixth mechanism exist to explain lightning injuries? Investigating a possible new injury mechanism to determine the cause of injuries related to close lightning flashes 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Jandrell, Ian R.; West, Nicholas J. (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 ...
  • Drowning in Pretoria, South Africa : a 10-year review 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Morris, Neil Kenneth (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    Drowning is classified as the 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide and is deemed to be a preventable cause of death. Bodies retrieved from a water medium pose several challenges to the forensic pathologist ...
  • 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 fatal case of Rickettsiosis from South Africa 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Skosana, Lebogang Busisiwe; Weyer, Jacqueline (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2021-09)
    We present a case of fatal Rickettsiosis from South Africa.
  • Fatal head injuries in children under the age of 5 years in Pretoria 
    Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (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 ...
  • A fatal outcome of pica 
    Loots, Donovan P.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine (Springer, 2016-01)
    A previously healthy 31 year old African male was assisting friends with the repair of the roof of a neighboring house. That evening at a social gathering the man complained of an apparent headache and went home early ...
  • A fire extinguisher death : the Macklin effect 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Hänert-van der Zee, Brigitte (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018-06)
    We present the case of an adult white man found dead in a psychiatric institution with fine white powder (monoammonium phosphate) deposited over the entire face after he insufflated the contents of a dry chemical fire ...
  • 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 ...