Death in the sauna-vitality markers for heat exposure
Wegner A, Doberentz E, Madea B
International journal of legal medicine · 5 citations
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- Case report (indexed by PubMed)
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- Main outcome
- Mechanisms only
Who paid for it
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- Independent funding
- Government
- Projekt DEAL
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Publication
- Published
- 2021-01-14 · Int J Legal Med · vol. 135 · issue 3 · pp. 903–908
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Cited
- 8 citations · more than 68% of similar papers · 0.8× the field average
- References
- 30 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Dietary Effects on Health
- Keywords
- Medicine, Vitality, Shock (circulatory), Surgery, Internal medicine, Biology
- MeSH
- lung, kidney, skin, humans, heat-shock proteins, steam bath, fatal outcome, heat-shock response, aged, female, male, aquaporin 3
3 authors
From DE
- Anja Wegner · correspondingUniversity Hospital Bonn
- Elke DoberentzUniversity Hospital Bonn
- Burkhard MadeaUniversity Hospital Bonn
Abstract
In sauna-associated deaths, the vitality of heat exposure is of great importance. Two case reports address this. First, we present the case of a 77-year-old man who was found dead in the sauna of his family home. When found, the sauna door was closed, and the sauna indicated a temperature of 78 °C. The body had already begun to decay and was partially mummified when it was found. In the other case, a 73-year-old woman was found dead in the sauna by her husband. In this case, the sauna door was also closed. The sauna was still in operation at a temperature of approximately 70 °C. Epidermal detachments were found. In both autopsies and their follow-up examinations, there were no indications of a cause of death competing with heat shock. The expression of heat shock proteins in kidneys and lungs and the expression of aquaporin 3 in skin were investigated to detect pre-mortal temperature influences.
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