[Incidence of blood aspiration in fatal fractures of the base of the skull].
The frequency of blood inhalation has been examined by the authors in the 15 years' material of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the "Semmelweis" University Medical School. Out of 51.308 post mortem examinations 487 cases of isolated basicranial fractures were found. Out of them in 265 cases (=54%) blood inhalation as cause of death was verified. Attention is called to the importance of prompt blood aspiration in patients with basicranial fracture.
[Incidence of blood aspiration in fatal fractures of the base of the skull]. The frequency of blood inhalation has been examined by the authors in the 15 years' material of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the "Semmelweis" University Medical School. Out of 51.308 post mortem examinations 487 cases of isolated basicranial fractures were found. Out of them in 265 cases (=54%) blood inhalation as cause of death was verified. Attention is called to the importance of prompt blood aspiration in patients with basicranial fracture.