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INFANTICIDE :red_cross: - Coggle Diagram
INFANTICIDE :red_cross:
Identity of an infant
Blood grouping and DNA fingerprinting
Any paper or article found with the infant
Birth marks and congenital anomalies
Features, color of skin and of hair
Examination of the umbilical cord
Date and place where victim is recovered
Examination of clothes and wrappings
causes of death
omission
intentional negligence
:red_cross:Tie the cord
:red_cross: protect infant
:red_cross: prepatation of the infant
:red_cross: supply with food
commision
Wounding
Drowning
Head injury
Burning
violent asphyxia
Poisoning
Viability and maturity of the infant
medico-legal importance
If below age of viability :arrow_right: no charge of murder
establishing
(age determination)
weight
appearance of ossification centers
length
external and internal changes
Viable infant
:check: capable of maintaining a separate existence after birth; on completion of 7 months of intrauterine life.
Stillborn or live born infant?
How long did the infant survive
stillborn
after 28 weeks of gestation
:red_cross:breath or show any other signs of life after being completely expelled from his mother
live born
External signs
changes of skin
Desquamation of the epithelium
around the base of umbilical cord
1 week
stump falls
1 day
ring of hyperemia
2 weeks
Wound is healed
(umbilicus is formed)
2 days
ring ulceration
signs denoting intake of food
well-formed stools
Caput succedaneum
Presence of antemortem wound
birth truama
homicidal injuries
Internal signs
Cardiovascular changes
Ductus arteriosus
obliterates within 7 to 10 days + changed into ligamentum arteriosum
foramen ovale
closes in 7 days after birth
Umbilical vessels
2 weeks
comlete clot organization
1 week
start of clot organization
4 weeks
The lumen completely disappears + THe vessels are changed into a fibrous cord
2 days
contracted + filled with red clot
Ductus venosus
:arrow_right: ligamentum venosus within 4 to 5 days
respiration
diaphragm
:arrow_down: 6th or 7th rib
:arrow_up: 4th or 5th rib
lungs
:left_right_arrow: lung alveoli
venous blood (placenta) :arrow_right: pulmonary circulation
chest
arched
flattened
non-respired
The hydrostatic test
:arrow_up: lung >>>> :heavy_plus_sign:
fallacies
:heavy_minus_sign: :arrow_down: lung
atelectasis
acute pulmonary edema
pneumonia
:heavy_plus_sign: :arrow_up: lung
putrefaction
artificial inflation
signs of feeding
well-formed stool :arrow_right: rectum
milk :arrow_right: stomach
