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[Drowning by aspiration of oral saline administration]
Archiv Fur Kriminologie
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
A fatal case of salt water ingestion of a 35-year old drug addict is presented. Resuscitation by emergency doctor after first-aid was not successful. Autopsy revealed the classical signs of drowning. In the sphenoid sinus sodium-chloride could be detected. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of drowning is discussed.