IMPORTANCE OF FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF POSTASPHYTIC CASES
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Abstract
The article presents the results of the analysis of materials of the forensic medical examination of living persons in post-asphytic conditions, carried out in 2017-2019 in Andijan and Fergana regions. They accounted for 0.58% of the total number of examinations of living persons and mainly arose after self-hanging, more often in men, in persons aged 19-39 years. In most cases (92.9%), the victims sought medical help. Attention is drawn to the type, material of the loop and the duration of strangulation. In 58.5% of cases, a coma of the II and III stages was diagnosed and, on the basis of a danger to life, the injuries were classified as serious. It is emphasized that the analysis of forensic medical examination materials serves to improve the examination data.