Kringsholm B, Filskov A, Kock K
University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Forensic Sci Int. 1991 Dec;52(1):85-92. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(91)90099-5.
In the 3-year period 1987-1989, 219 drowning cases were submitted to medico-legal autopsy in Denmark. The demographic data including the manner of death and the external findings are reported. In 74 accident cases analysis for blood-alcohol concentration was performed. In 53% a concentration of more than 0.1% was found. In 91 drowning cases (age more than 18 years and where the time interval in the water was less than 24 h) the average weight of both lungs was 1.411 g, compared to 994 g in 20 control cases. In 7% of the drowning cases the weight was less than 1.000 g, so called dry lungs. Finally the weight of the lungs and the amount of pleural transsudate in relation to the time interval in the water were registered in 198 cases. For a longer time interval in the water the weight of the lungs decreased, while the amount of pleural transsudate increased. By adding these two parameters, the combined weight was between 1.000 and 2.200 g in more than 75% of the cases as long as the interval in the water was less than 30 days.
在1987年至1989年的3年期间，丹麦有219例溺水死亡案例接受了法医尸检。报告了包括死亡方式和外部检查结果在内的人口统计学数据。对74例意外溺水案例进行了血液酒精浓度分析，其中53%的案例血液酒精浓度超过0.1%。在91例溺水案例（年龄超过18岁且在水中停留时间少于24小时）中，双肺平均重量为1411克，而20例对照案例的双肺平均重量为994克。在7%的溺水案例中，肺重量小于1000克，即所谓的“干性肺”。最后，在198例案例中记录了肺重量和胸腔渗出液量与在水中停留时间的关系。在水中停留时间越长，肺重量下降，而胸腔渗出液量增加。只要在水中停留时间少于30天，超过75%的案例中这两个参数的综合重量在1000克至2200克之间。
