Details of 27 trauma and 10 control cases | ||||||
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Case | Age | Sex | Cause of injury | PMI, h | Cause of death | Survival time |
1 | 51 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 60 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
2 | 63 | M | Household accident | 70 | Brain injury | <17 min |
3 | 27 | M | Suicide | 84 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
4 | 41 | M | Suicide | 96 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
5 | 57 | F | Motor vehicle accident | 87 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
6 | 49 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 107 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
7 | 45 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 43 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
8 | 21 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 100 | Brain injury | <17 min |
9 | 41.3 | M | Aviation accident | 114 | Brain + multiple injuries | <17 min |
10 | 57.6 | F | Motor vehicle accident | 97 | Brain injury | <17 min |
11 | 16.8 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 85 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
12 | 78.7 | M | Household accident | 45 | Brain injury | <3 h |
13 | 18.3 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 79 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
14 | 34.7 | M | Motorbike accident | 66 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
15 | 22.9 | F | Motor vehicle accident | 108 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
16 | 52.8 | M | Motorbike accident | 65 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
17 | 19.6 | M | Suicide | 33 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
18 | 59.8 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 71 | Brain + multiple injuries | <3 h |
19 | 46.0 | M | Fall | 129 | Brain injury | 6 h |
20 | 56.3 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 65 | Brain injury | 8 h |
21 | 64.6 | M | Fall | 61 | Brain injury | 8 h |
22 | 75.9 | M | Staircase fall | 89 | Brain injury | 10 h |
23 | 59.6 | F | Motor vehicle accident | 80 | Brain injury | 35 h |
24 | 61.7 | M | Fall | 40 | Brain injury | 93 h |
25 | 38.9 | F | Staircase fall | 101 | Brain injury | 122 h |
26 | 70.9 | M | Motor vehicle accident | 114 | Brain injury | 76 h |
27 | 73.7 | M | Fall | 91 | Brain injury | 29 h |
Controls | ||||||
28 | 16 | M | — | — | Suicide by hanging | — |
29 | 48.7 | M | — | 50 | Cardiac failure | — |
30 | 51.6 | M | — | 64 | Asthma | — |
31 | 52.3 | M | — | 52 | Cardiomyopathy | — |
32 | 59.6 | M | — | 43 | Pulmonary embolism | — |
33 | 64.1 | M | — | 24 | Ischaemic heart disease | — |
34 | 66.9 | M | — | 10 | Pneumonia | — |
35 | 64.4 | M | — | 24 | Pulmonary embolism | — |
36 | 77.5 | M | — | 53 | Myocardial infarction | — |
37 | 60 | F | — | 48 | Myocardial infarction | — |
Cases 1–10: cases with a survival time between 0 and 17 mins; Cases 11–18: cases with a survival time between 30 min and 3 h; Cases 19–27: cases with a survival time between 6 and 261 h; Cases 28–37: control cases. All brains were obtained at autopsy. PMI, Postmortem interval (time between death and brain retrieval); M, male; F, female.