Intracranial Insertion of a Nasogastric Tube in a Case of Homicidal Head Trauma
作者:
A. Castiglione,
E. Bruzzone,
C. Burrello,
R. Pisani,
F. Ventura,
M. Canale,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 4
页码: 329-334
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Nasogastric tube;Intracranial insertion;Head trauma
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A case of accidental intracranial penetration of a 29-cm-long portion of nasogastric tube (NGT) in a 27-year-old female victim of a severe homicidal skull and brain trauma is reported. Accidental penetration of the NGT occurred through a large fracture of the ethmoid lamina cribrosa. In addition to a systematic review of previously reported cases, circumstantial data, clinical aspects, and autopsy data have been analyzed to draw medicolegal considerations concerning the connection between death and insertion of an NGT, which may also contribute to the ascertaining of any possible professional responsibility of medical staff, in a case fraught with numerous legal complications.
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