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Published on: June 23, 2023
[The risk of death following the consumption of ethanol based on forensic research material]
Monika Talarowska1, Kamil Ostrycharczyk, Antoni Florkowski
1Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi: Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych. talarowskamonika@wp.pl
Unlabelled:
The number of abusers in Poland is estimated at about 2.8-3.5 million, including about 600-900 thousands dependent. In this group a variety of somatic disorders and mental health are diagnosed. Mortality among persons with alcohol dependence is several times higher than among those abstainers. Alcohol dependence increases the risk to attempt suicide. Health damage caused by alcohol depends on: the frequency and quantity of drinking of alcohol, age, gender, duration of addiction. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY was to analyze the causes of death in the aftermath of alcohol consumption based on sectional material.
Materials And Methods:
We analyzed 336 autopsy protocols. In order to analyze the collected material was used a questionnaire created for this study. Deaths have been divided into two groups: violent deaths, resulting from trauma and natural deaths.
Results:
It was observed significant relationship between alcohol consumption and the nature of death.
Conclusions:
Most of the deaths associated with alcohol consumption is a sudden deaths, not due to natural causes. Among the sudden deaths domination of ethyl alcohol poisoning, traffic accidents, murder, hanging and drowning.
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