Forensic analysis of 74 tumor related medical malpractice cases / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the causes of medical malpractice in patients with tumor, to determine the medical responsibility, and to recommend the related preventions.@*METHODS@#Seventy four medical malpractice cases, which were involved in tumor and collected from 2000 to 2009 in medicolegal expertise center of west China, were analyzed retrospectively.@*RESULTS@#The medical malpractice cases in the patients with tumor showed an increasing tendency in recent years. The main causes are missed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, improper chemotherapy and neglect of complications. The causes of medical malpractice were different in the different levels of medical services. The occurrence of medical malpractice in surgery and OB-GYN showed more frequent than the others.@*CONCLUSION@#Forensic pathology autopsy is important to resolve medical malpractice of tumor patients by finding out the cause of death and clarifying the medical responsibility. The occurrence of medical malpractice could be reduced by the clinical doctors through improving serve consciousness, obtaining the patients' trust, improving the medical treatment, following related laws and rules, fulfiling duty of medical careness.

The study of the major sarcosaphagous flies in Hohhot / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#In order to determine the major species of sarcosaphagous flies and their regular activity on carcass in Hohhot district.@*METHODS@#Six rabbits were killed and placed outdoors at different time from July to October in Hohhot district. Some species of sarcosaphagous flies that appeared the cadavers were observed and identified.@*RESULTS@#It showed that there are 10 main spieces belonging to 3 families and 8 genera were from Diptera, including Musa domestica domestica Linnaeus, Musa domestica vicina Maequart, Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann), Hydrotaea armipes (Fall.), Muscina stabulans (Fall.) from Museidae; Lucilia sericata (Meigen), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) from Calliphoridae; Boettcherisca peregrina (Robineau-Desvoiy), Parascarcophaga crassipalpis (Maequart) from Sacrophagidae. Besides, it showed obvious regulations that different species of sarcosaphagous flies appeared on carcass at different postmortem interval and the first part of carcass that sarcosaphagous flies appeared on.@*CONCLUSION@#It may be useful for estimating postmortem interval in Hohhot district.