Alcohol consumption makes a large contribution to premature mortality. In order to extend
our understanding of the characteristics, circumstances, toxicology and pathology of alcohol …

Introduction Acute alcohol toxicity is a significant component of alcohol‐related mortality.
The study aimed to:(i) determine the circumstances of death and characteristics of fatal …

Acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity is a definition that encompasses both the metabolic toxicity of
alcohol and the association of alcohol with traumatic deaths, suicide, and criminal activities …

Deaths caused by acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) remain a major public health issue. This
study is retrospective and descriptive: an 8‐year case analysis of deaths due to AAI in …

Aims To characterize sudden or unnatural deaths with very high‐range blood alcohol
concentrations (BAC s) presenting to the D epartment of F orensic M edicine (DOFM) in S …

We report a five month retrospective analysis of 204 consecutive patients seen in an adult
medical emergency department with blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) in excess of 400 …

Excessive drinking increases the risk of dying unnaturally. In the Republic of Ireland such
deaths are referred to the State Pathologist. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is routinely …

Death due to acute alcohol poisoning lacks specific anatomical characteristics, compared
with other deaths due to drug poisoning. We report three forensic cases of death from acute …

In the present study we examined how consistently and completely the role of acute alcohol
(ethanol) intake as a cause of death is reported on death certificates, how complete and …

Aim To investigate the prevalence of alcohol in unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland
between 2003 and 2007. Methods The reports of 1669 postmortem examinations carried out …