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The Postmortem Pathology of Sudden Death in Chronic Alcohol Exposure and Acute Alcohol Intoxication: A Review of Medicolegal Considerations, Traumatic and Systemic Pathology, and Biochemical Mechanisms

Haynes, HR; Gallagher, PJ; Thom, MH; Morovat, RA; Delaney, RJ; Jeffery, AJ; (2024) The Postmortem Pathology of Sudden Death in Chronic Alcohol Exposure and Acute Alcohol Intoxication: A Review of Medicolegal Considerations, Traumatic and Systemic Pathology, and Biochemical Mechanisms. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001000. (In press).

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Abstract

Chronic alcohol exposure is common in all societies and is seen at high rates during coronial (medicolegal) postmortem examinations. In both setting of acute alcohol intoxication and chronic misuse, a wide range of pathologies and mechanisms of death may be encountered, particularly with regard to sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. These warrant special attention. In this review, we examine the approach to postmortem examination where alcohol is likely to have played a key role in death. Attention is given to the scene of death, patterns of traumatic injury, systemic pathology (particularly of chronic alcohol exposure), seizures related to alcohol, and appropriate biochemical investigations.

Type: Article
Title: The Postmortem Pathology of Sudden Death in Chronic Alcohol Exposure and Acute Alcohol Intoxication: A Review of Medicolegal Considerations, Traumatic and Systemic Pathology, and Biochemical Mechanisms
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001000
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1097/paf.0000000000001000
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205919
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