[The peculiar biochemical properties of the support structures in the human tissues]. / Osobennosti biomekhanicheskikh kachestv opornykh struktur tkanei cheloveka.

This article is focused on the methodological aspects of the evaluation of the elastic and mechanical strength characteristics of the tissues that form the flexible fibrous and osseous human skeleton. The samples of dura mater and spongy bone (ribs) were subjected to the quantitative analysis for the determination of their bioelemental composition. The study has demonstrated that the force needed to brake dura mater or a rib correlates with the content of biological elements in these tissue, as well as with the age and sex of the human subjects serving as teir sources.

[On the problem of registration of mortality associated with alcohol consumption among the population in the forensic medical practice].

The objective of the present study was the comparative analysis of the data obtained from the available medical documentation with a view to estimating the effectiveness of taking into account the mortality associated with alcohol consumption. The data subjected to the analysis included the age and the gender of the deceased subjects, complete forensic medical diagnoses from 1607 expert reports and acts of forensic medical expertise of the corpses (form 171/y), and information about the cause of death (item 19) from the relevant medical death certificates (form 106y/08). The mortality associated with alcohol consumption estimated based on the expert reports and acts of forensic medical expertise of the corpses (form 171/y) amounted to 6.7% (95% CI: 5.5- 8.1%); the occurrence of pathology attributable to alcohol consumption was estimated at 7.2% (95% CI: 5.9-8.5%) of the total number of deaths. It was shown that forensic medical experts do not employ in the full measure the diagnostic potential of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) when having to deal with the mortality associated with alcohol consumption. The results of the study confirm the qualitative transformation of the alcohol attributable mortality structure associated with the transfer of information from the expert reports and acts of forensic medical expertise of the corpses (form 171/y) to the medical death certificates (form 106/y-08).

[Nosological profile of sudden cardiac death in athletes].

The review of the literature on sudden cardiac death in sport considers its main causes. The clinical and morphological characteristics are represented by the cardiac structure and electrophysiological pathology that causes sudden death in athletes.

[Forensic-medical diagnostics of doping cases in sports].

The present review of the literature is focused on the problem of forensic-medical diagnostics of doping cases in sports, with special reference to the main classes of pharmaceutical products forbidden for use by the International Olympic Committee. The main causes of death among the athletes as a result of using doping substances are considered. Much attention is given to adverse reactions induced by long-time intake of anabolic steroids many of which can be identified at autopsy.

[The forensic medical aspects of sudden cardiac death among the athletes].

The present review is focused on the main causes responsible for cardiac death among the athletes and the clinico-morphological characteristics of various forms of cardiac pathology leading to sudden death in the athletes.