An experimental rat model of electric shock injury with isolated electric shock and water conduction: the histopathological changes on the skin and internal organs and the effect on biochemical parameters.
Electric shock
H-FABP
Immunohistochemistry
NT-ProBNP
Water conduction
Journal
International journal of legal medicine
ISSN: 1437-1596
Titre abrégé: Int J Legal Med
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9101456
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
received:
02
11
2021
accepted:
25
04
2022
pubmed:
8
5
2022
medline:
10
1
2023
entrez:
7
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
It is difficult to determine the cause of death in electric shock injuries when no trace can be determined on the skin, and this is accepted as a reason for negative autopsy. We aimed to determine useful parameters in the definition of the cause of deaths associated with electric shock and particularly those formed with water conduction. This study used a total of 42 rats, applied with fatal electric shock formed of isolated electric shock at 220 V and with water conduction. The serum NT-ProBNP and H-FABP levels were examined together with histopathological changes in the brain, cerebellum, brainstem, heart, liver and skin and the Bax, caspase-3 and HSP-60 antibody status in these tissues. A statistically significant difference was determined between the groups in respect of the serum H-FABP values and the immunohistochemical staining of the samples taken from the organs. In conclusion, this study is the first in literature with an experimental model of electric shock with water conduction. Using immunohistochemical and biochemical markers in deaths associated with isolated electric shock and electric shock with water conduction, the results of this study can contribute to the clarification of one of the reasons for negative autopsy in forensic medicine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35524806
doi: 10.1007/s00414-022-02834-w
pii: 10.1007/s00414-022-02834-w
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
215-226Subventions
Organisme : Inönü University Scientific Research Projects
ID : 924
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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