在医院病房里寻找一个连环杀手
P J Karhunen1, R Krohn1, A Oksala2
1Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Arvo Building, Arvo Ylponkatu 34, Tampere 33520, Finland.
Forensic science international
|December 11, 2024
概括
通过分析可疑死亡,统计方法可以帮助识别潜在的医疗保健连环杀手. 这种方法有助于调查,但不能取代彻底的医学检查以获得最终证据.
科学领域:
- 法医科学 法医科学 法医科学
- 医学统计 医学统计
- 护理 护理 护理
背景情况:
- 在医疗保健环境中揭露连环杀手存在重大挑战,正如一些备受目的案件所强调的那样.
- 以前在法律程序中依赖统计证据的做法因数据分析不足而面临审查.
- 调查可疑死亡需要客观和强大的方法来确保准确识别事者.
研究的目的:
- 评估从诊断测试评估中调整的统计方法的适用性,以确定可能参与可疑患者死亡的护士.
- 分析被判刑的护士工作轮班与老年病房中无法解释的患者死亡之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 应用统计指标 (灵敏度,特异性,概率比) 来分析在老年病房7个月期间发生的29起死亡事件.
- 将被定罪护士的工作轮班,特别是夜班,与患者死亡的时间进行了比较.
- 检查死亡证明的不一致性,并在必要时对挖掘的患者进行医学法律解剖.
主要成果:
- 死亡的很大一部分 (55%) 发生在夜班期间,该护士在这些班上工作的次数不成比例.
- 护士的班次与38%的死亡事件相吻合,使她处于与死亡事故相关的前10%的工作人员班次中.
- 在55%的死亡中,怀疑的,无法解释的血糖波动或模仿低血糖的昏迷被记录在发生在她工作期间或之后的死亡中,其中一个案例得到了尸检的支持.
结论:
- 类似于用于诊断准确度的统计方法,可以有效地针对医院环境中的潜在连环杀戮事件进行调查.
- 虽然这些统计方法可以识别需要进一步审查的个人,但它们不能最终确定有罪.
- 这种统计分析是有价值的工具,但必须通过对死亡的情况和原因进行彻底的个案审查来补充,特别是在高死亡率的环境中.
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