Deaths due to hunger strike: post-mortem findings

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dc.authoridAltun, Gurcan/0000-0002-5505-831X
dc.authoridAzmak, Ali Derya/0000-0002-8510-5148
dc.authorwosidAltun, Gurcan/S-6211-2016
dc.contributor.authorAltun, G
dc.contributor.authorAkansu, B
dc.contributor.authorAltun, BU
dc.contributor.authorAzmak, D
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, A
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:03:24Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:03:24Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractHunger strike is described as voluntary refusal of food and/or fluids. Prolonged starvation may produce many adverse events including even death in rare circumstances. Here, we present three fatal cases (all males, 25-38 years) died from hunger strike. In all corpses, obvious muscle wasting with reduced subcutaneous and internal fat deposits, and atrophy in some organs were demonstrated at autopsy. The extraordinary long starvation period before death could presumably be linked to the thiamine uptake in this period, which had been discontinued by all subjects before the death occurred. Prolonged caloric deficiency with subsequent complications such as multiple organ failure, severe sepsis and ventricular fibrillation could account as major causes of death in these subjects. The competence of the physicians working with hunger strikers about the processes and potential problems is of great importance since they have to acknowledge about them to their patients. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.022
dc.identifier.endpage38en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-0738
dc.identifier.issn1872-6283
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15485719en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-5644294348en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage35en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.022
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21644
dc.identifier.volume146en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000224944300005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofForensic Science Internationalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectHunger Strikeen_US
dc.subjectStarvationen_US
dc.subjectAutopsyen_US
dc.subjectVitamin Deficiencyen_US
dc.subjectThiamineen_US
dc.titleDeaths due to hunger strike: post-mortem findingsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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