Forensic aspects of water intoxication: Four case reports and review of relevant literature

Forensic Science International

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Radojevic, Nemanja ^a   Bjelogrlic, Bojana ^b   Aleksic, Vuk ^b,f   Rancic, Nemanja ^c,g   Samardzic, Mira ^a,d   Petkovic, Stojan ^e,h   Savic, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^d Institute for Sick Children   (Montenegro)

^e CLINICAL CENTER OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g University of Novi Sad ^*  (Serbia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Ecstasy; Hyperhydration; Polydipsia; Polyuria; Schizophrenia; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUID INTAKE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URINARY FREQUENCY; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 84862691345     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.021     Document Type: Review

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