"Natural death" of a patient with a deactivated implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)?

A 66-year-old patient with terminal heart insufficiency (NYHA IV) received maximum medical therapy, but was also in need of an implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). The ICD functioned flawlessly for the whole duration of implantation. It reverted several ventricular tachycardias with anti-tachycardial pacing alone, whereas some needed cardioversion as well. The patient died on the fourth day of hospitalization for a routine check of his ICD. The post-mortem examination revealed, that the ICD was deactivated and that the data had been erased after the patient's death. By reading off the raw data still stored within the ICD, the erased information could be restored. The stored EGMs showed traces of old ICD interventions as well as a permanent deactivation provoked by exposition to a magnetic field just hours before the patient's death. The problem of archiving and documenting the volatile electronic data inside the ICD is discussed. The need of a full autopsy after telemetric reading of the ICD data, including the explantation of the ICD aggregate and electrodes, as a means of quality assurance and under forensic aspects is emphasized.     

Does a positive finding of tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood result from ingestion of Indian frankincense (Boswellia serrata)?

The exculpatory statement that a positive THC finding in the blood is due to the consumption of hemp products or passive exposure to cannabis smoke has been disproved by the monitoring of hemp products and recent passive inhalation studies conducted in social settings, which showed that these conditions are unlikely to produce a positive result in the blood. The defense that the ingestion of Indian olibanum may result in a positive THC concentration in the blood is unusual; it is based on older publications where authors had speculated on a possible association of the synthetic pathways of THC from terpenoid precursors also being present in olibanum and the biogenesis of THC in hemp. It had further been speculated whether chemical or plant-derived pathways may also occur in humans. A thorough understanding of the different pathways and recently published results have outdated these speculations.     

妨害传染病防治罪研究(2)(2001年北京大学法学院法学硕士研究生论文)

第四章　妨害传染病防治罪的犯罪构成犯罪构成 ,是指我国刑法规定的某种行为构成犯罪所必须具备的主观要件和客观要件的总和。本文采取通说即4要件说 ,分别从妨害传染病防治罪的客体、客观方面、主体、主观方面进行讨论。第一节　妨害传染病防治罪的客体本罪所侵犯的客体是国家关于传染病防治的管理制度。我国刑法的犯罪客体是指我国刑法所保护的 ,而为犯罪行为所侵害的社会主义社会关系。根据犯罪所直接侵犯的具体社会关系的个数 ,可以把犯罪客体分为简单客体和复杂客体。简单客体 ,是指一种犯罪直接侵犯的客体中只包括了一种具体的社会关…     

基因科技的法律问题研究(2)(2001年中国政法大学法学硕士研究生论文)

第三章　人类基因的法律地位凡是与生命现象有关的事物都可能被纳入基因科技影响的范围。除了目前一般人熟知的基因复制与基因医疗、制药以外 ,农林渔牧生产、生态保育、公共卫生、人类生理信息的识别判断等等 ,都与基因科技息息相关。亲子身份关系、医患关系、就业的基因歧视、基因证据、ＤＮＡ数据库、基因样本采集、强制基因筛检、基因研究免责、基因隐私、基因信息所有权、基因物质支配权、智能财产权、基因科技商品化带来的商品责任等等问题 ,日后势必一一浮现为社会论争的议题。笔者在此仅就人类基因的法律地位、基因的知识产权法律保…     

试论人体器官权与器官捐献激励原则(2)(中国政法大学2005届硕士学位论文)

第三章我国器官捐献匮乏的成因分析 一、国内外器官捐献立法回眸 在器官捐献立法方面,外国及我国地方的情况见表1.     

试论人体器官权与器官捐献激励原则(2)(中国政法大学2005届硕士学位论文)

第三章我国器官捐献匮乏的成因分析 一、国内外器官捐献立法回眸 在器官捐献立法方面,外国及我国地方的情况见表1.     

我国精神卫生立法若干问题研究(2)(北京大学2000级法学硕士研究生毕业论文)

第二章　诊断和治疗第一节　精神障碍的评价体系现代社会对精神障碍者所产生的种种直接的、显著的影响,主要是通过医学和法律两种评价体系来实现的,这在当前世界具有普遍性,我国也是如此。因此笔者首先将对这两种评价体系做一些简单的归纳、比较和分析:一、医学评价体系在这一评价体系中:1.评价主体必须是精神医学工作者,且具有精神病学的专业知识背景和临床经验。2 .医学评价应是合法的评价主体根据国家法律认可的精神医学诊断标准①和医学诊断程序,就被评价主体的精神状态所进行的纯精神医学角度的评价,其具体结论是精神病学诊断和医学治…     

酶标2G8单克隆抗体斑点ELISA快速检验人血痕G2m(23)因子

利用自制的抗人 G2m(23)酶标2G8酶标单克隆抗体,首次应用直接斑点 ELISA 方法检测血痕中 G2m(23)因子。该法最小检出量为0.000048μl 血清;整个试验可在15分钟内完成。对常见的13种动物血和8种鱼血无交叉反应;盲测450例干血痕结果全部正确。该方法具有快速、准确、灵敏、简便等特点,有较大的实用价值。     

论双方父母赠与夫妻的不动产之归属──对“《婚姻法》司法解释(三)征求意见稿”第8条第2款之我见

根据"《婚姻法》司法解释(三)征求意见稿"第8条第2款的规定,"双方父母赠与夫妻的不动产"被认定为按份共有。这既不符合我国现行《婚姻法》规定的"婚后所得共同制"之精神,也不符合我国的基本国情和《宪法》的基本精神,且不符合私法的价值取向。因此,它是不科学、不合理的,应当对其进行适当修改。