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Häufigkeit positiver Diazepam-Befunde bei Sektionsfällen

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The post-mortem blood specimens of 389 forensic autopsies were analyzed for diazepam. The age of the cases investigated was above 10 years and the survival time was less than 12 hours. Eighteen samples corresponding to 4.6% were found to be diazepam-positive. These 18 samples were distributed equally between men and women.

The proportion of diazepam-positive samples was increased in the groups of suicide and poisoning (alcohol and opiates). The association between diazepam intake and poisoning was statistically highly significant. No correlation was found between diazepam intake and age.

Alcohol was found to occur significantly more often in the group of the diazepam positive cases as compared to the diazepam negative group.

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Es wurden die Blutproben von 389 rechtsmedizinischen Sektionsfällen mit einem Alter von mehr als 10 Jahren und einer Überlebenszeit nach dem zum Tode führenden Ereignis von weniger als 12 Stunden auf Diazepam untersucht. Ein positiver Befund ergab sich bei 18 Fällen entsprechend 4,6%. Diese 18 Proben verteilten sich gleichmäßig auf die Geschlechter.

Hinsichtlich der Todesart zeigte sich eine erhöhte Häufigkeit der Diazepam-positiven Fälle bei den Suiciden und den Rauschmittelvergiftungen, die allerdings nur im letzteren Fall statistisch abgesichert werden konnte. Ein Zusammenhang zwischen Diazepam-Einnahme und Alter konnte nicht gefunden werden.

Für die Diazepam-positiven Proben ergab sich eine signifikant höhere Häufigkeit gleichzeitiger Alkoholbeeinflussung im Vergleich zum Restkollektiv.

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Schlicht, H.J., Schmidt, G. & Gelbke, H.P. Häufigkeit positiver Diazepam-Befunde bei Sektionsfällen. Z Rechtsmed 82, 271–277 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02092039

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