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Medical School of Kastamonu University · Forensic Medicine

Objective: While Multiple Life-threatening Conditions (MLCs) admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit represent a substantial healthcare burden, the risk factors, epidemiological data, and clinical manifestations of these cases have yet to be systematically and comprehensively documented. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in the P...

Background/Purpose: To investigate whether the curfew of the COVID-19 pandemic influences the fall from height cases in children’s age group. Methods: This study was conducted in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of XXX Training and Research Hospital between 01 January 2017 and 01 January 2022. This study enrolled 39 males (35.1%) and 72 fem...

From the perspective of forensic medicine, substance abuse is an important topic due to its nature and consequences. The usage of methamphetamine is a significant public health problem with deleterious side effects, one of the most serious of which is mimicking central nervous system infection. A 40-year man was brought to the emergency department...

Objective: Electric scooters are a new form of inner-city transportation, which is considered to be an accessible, affordable, and popular option within society. Aims: This study aimed to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals involved in electric scooter accidents and the factors associated with these incidents. Metho...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of dog and cat bite cases in Bursa, Turkey through 2018–2022. Materials and Methods: A retrospective patient review was carried out. This study was conducted in the department of the Emergency Medicine of Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. The injury pat...

Objectives: Very few studies have been conducted to identify the conditions that cause poisoning in pediatric patients needing intensive care, both by age group and toxic agent factor. This study will support the development of strategies for poisoning prevention measures by comparing the data in our region with other data in the world. Methods: Th...

Differentiating between benign cutaneous manifestations and lesions from inflicted injuries is not always simple. A 14-year boy was admitted to our Forensic Medicine Clinic for the preparation of a medico-legal report requested by the prosecution office. On inspection, there were 10 violaceous, atrophic, horizontal, linear striae distensae (SD), co...

Children are considered vulnerable road users (VRUs) in the literature, with high mortality and morbidity rates in accidents, resulting in various injuries such as head and neck injuries, fractures, tears, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The study was conducted retrospectively among patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit between...

Child sexual abuse is a public health problem due to both the act itself and its consequences, one of the most serious of which is adolescent pregnancy. Unfortunately, it is difficult to provide evidence of such sexual crimes by forensic gynecologic examinations based on only the visual inspection of genitalia. Moreover, anatomic variations of geni...

Child sexual abuse is a public health problem worldwide. When a court carries out an investigation into cases of sexual abuse, they are likely to ask for a genital examination report from a forensic pathologist indicating whether they believe sexual abuse contact has occurred. Any suspicion about the sexual abuse of a child should be evaluated prud...

The medical rape examination has some difficulties and sometimes genital findings can be confusing for the examiner. In this study, the sexually abused children with anal rape were focused on. Perianal reddening due to itching is important. It is known that one of the parasitic diseases that cause anal pruritus is enterobiasis. A person infected wi...

Basic Commercial Court in Ankara wanted a report from our department of forensic medicine about two injury cases due to animal vehicle collision. The reports should include the disability rate and the duration of unfunctionality. After the examination, we prepared the reports. Both vehicle collisions happened due to free ranging horse crossing the...

Objectives To investigate whether serum levels of cortisol, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 differed between children with or without a sexual trauma. Methods This descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Child Protective Service (CPS), Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey, between May 2016 and July 2016....

Aim: The aim of our study is to show through experiments harming potential of blank firing guns, which are known to be harmless mistakenly. Materials and Method: Two different types of blank firing guns were utilized to shot at chicken leg as a tissue simulant; at a distance of 0-5 cm. Results of the experiments were photographed and recorded in a...

A court in Ankara asked for a report from our department of forensic medicine about an injury case due to a traffic accident. The report should include the disability rate and the duration of no functionality. The history and physical examination of the case revealed the diagnosis of bipolar disorder due to subdural hematoma in right parietotempora...

Industrial accident is an area that forensic specialists expertise on. The courts in different cities asked for reports about three injury cases due to industrial accidents from our department of forensic medicine. Each report should include the disability rate and the duration of unfunctionality. The history and physical examination of each case r...

Blank cartridge guns are much easily accessible than conventional firearms because their appearance and sound cannot be easily distinguished from those of the real guns. Besides, they are cheap and do not require any handling license. Blank weapons; are known to be used as a tool in mutilation, homicide and suicide. In this study, we present a perm...