Causes of and circumstances in death due to subdural hematoma

• Published in: Unfallchirurgie Vol. 16; no. 6; p. 326
• Main Authors: Mohsenian, F, Lieske, K, Haba, K, Püschel, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.12.1990
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anticoagulants - adverse effects; Child; Coma - diagnosis; Craniocerebral Trauma - complications; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Hematoma, Subdural - diagnosis; Hematoma, Subdural - etiology; Hematoma, Subdural - mortality; Humans; Male; Middle Aged

This study concerns lethal subdural hematomas in the autopsy material at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Hamburg (n = 102; 0.9% of 11,462 autopsies 1980 to 1988). 63 fatalities were male (mean age 46 years) and 39 were female (mean age 53 years). Subdural hematomas were predo...