Unexpected out-of-hospital deaths in persons aged 85 years or older: an autopsy study of 1886 patients

Berzlanovich, Andrea; Missliwetz, J; Sim, Ernst; Fazeny-Dörner, Barbara; Fasching, Peter; Marosi, Christine; Waldhoer, Thomas; Muhm, Manfred

doi:10.1016/s0002-9343(03)00049-4

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“…Such confounders are impossible to control in a populationbased study and, rather, express the 'daily-life' characteristic of this study and provide external validity of the data obtained. Selection and information bias do not appear to be operative in this study, because the focus was on a clearly determined population where local laws demand an autopsy to detail and ascertain the cause of death in every case [21]. With the exclusion of these limitations, the conclusions of this study concur with that reported in previous reports.…”

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confidence: 77%

Acute type A aortic dissection and pregnancy: a population-based study

Thalmann

Sodeck

Domanovits

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Section: Limitationssupporting

confidence: 77%

Acute type A aortic dissection and pregnancy: a population-based study

Thalmann

Sodeck

Domanovits

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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“…In a different study conducted in Austria by Berzlanovich at al. (13), 70.3% of 1886 cases who were 85 years old and older were female. High female rates obtained in the study may be explained due to the fact that average life expectancy is more in females and includes the age group at 85 years and over.…”

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Medicolegal evaluation of geriatric deaths in Bursa, Turkey

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BADUROĞLU>

Gök

et al. 2023

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

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Differentiation of natural and forced deaths observed in this age group is very important in the forensic medicine practice. In the present study, we aimed to medicolegal evaluation of demographic data and autopsy findings of judicial geriatric deaths in Bursa and around. Autopsy reports of the cases who have been taken to Morgue Specialization Office of Bursa Group Presidency of Forensic Medicine Institution and at 65 years and over, crime scene and deceased examination reports and data in the prosecution documents were assessed retrospectively between 2003-2008 in our study. During 6-year period, totally 5155 autopsies have been performed in Morg Specialization Office of Bursa Group Presidency of Forensic Medicine Institution. Among such cases, 870 (16.8%) were 65 years old and older. Cases who were 65 years old and older included 640 (73.6%) were male, 230 (26.4%) were female; and age average of males were found as 72.77±5.82 and as 75.33±7.03 in females. In terms of death origin, 434 (49.9%) were natural deaths, 267 (30.7%) were traffic accident, 102 (11.7%) were suicide and 52 (6%) were homicide. Origin of death of the remaining 15 (1.7%) could not be detected. In line with prolongation of life expectancy and increase in the geriatric population, it is observed according to our outcomes that an increase is detected in judicial geriatric death cases because of neuropsychiatric disease, leading a solitary life and psychomotor imbalance.

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“…Berzlanovich ve arkadafllar›n›n 85 yafl ve üstündeki olgularda yapt›klar› çal›flmada hastane d›fl›nda meydana gelen ve aç›klanamayan ölümlerin %77'sinin kardiyovasküler sistem hastal›klar›ndan, %13'ünün ise solunum sistemi hastal›klar›ndan kaynakland›¤› bildirilmifltir (20). Hilal ve arkadafllar›n›n çal›fl-mas›ndaki 310 do¤al ölüm olgusunun da¤›l›m›nda 260 olgu ile kardiyovasküler sistem hastal›klar›n›n ilk s›rada, 15 olgu ile serebrovasküler hastal›klar›n ikinci s›rada ve 14 olgu ile solunum sistemi hastal›klar›n›n üçüncü s›rada yer ald›¤› görüldü (7).…”

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2005-2009 Yıllarında Denizli’de Meydana Gelen Adli Yaşlı Ölümlerinin Değerlendirilmesi

Kurtulus¹,

Acar²,

Boz³

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Bull Leg Med

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ÖZET SUMMARYYafll›l›k döneminin bafllang›c› Dünya Sa¤l›k Örgütü'ne göre 65 yafl kabul edilmektedir. Yafllanma her canl›da görülen, tüm ifllevlerde azalmaya neden olan süre¤en ve evrensel bir süreçtir.Yafll› ölümleri, ölüm nedenleri aç›s›ndan de¤erlendirildi¤inde toplumun sa¤l›k önceliklerinin belirlenmesinde yard›mc› olur. Geriatric deaths constituted 18.95% (251 cases) of all the medicolegal autopsy cases (1324) in this five years period. Onehundredseventyfive of them were male and 76 were female.Average of ages was 74,75±6,63. It was seen that accidental deaths were the most common way of the medicolegal cases which was followed by natural deaths. In natural deaths, cardiovascular diseases were the most often cause of death.It is understood that medicolegal autopsies taken place in right conditions and done absolutely by a forensic medicine profession can provide a lot of data about elder deaths. With these datas, determination of causes and origins of death can help the removal of avoidable reasons.

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Unexpected out-of-hospital deaths in persons aged 85 years or older: an autopsy study of 1886 patients

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

Acute type A aortic dissection and pregnancy: a population-based study

Acute type A aortic dissection and pregnancy: a population-based study

Medicolegal evaluation of geriatric deaths in Bursa, Turkey

2005-2009 Yıllarında Denizli’de Meydana Gelen Adli Yaşlı Ölümlerinin Değerlendirilmesi

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