Difference between revisions of "Forensic pathology"
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=Excited delirium= | =Excited delirium= | ||
*[[AKA]] ''agitated delirium''.<ref name=pmid8768172>{{cite journal |author=Wetli CV, Mash D, Karch SB |title=Cocaine-associated agitated delirium and the neuroleptic malignant syndrome |journal=Am J Emerg Med |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=425–8 |year=1996 |month=July |pmid=8768172 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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* | *[[Diagnosis]] is considered controversial outside of the forensic pathology community.<ref name=pmid18450833>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stanbrook | first1 = MB. | last2 = Hébert | first2 = PC. | last3 = Kale | first3 = R. | last4 = Sibbald | first4 = B. | last5 = Flegel | first5 = K. | last6 = MacDonald | first6 = N. | title = Tasers in medicine: an irreverent call for proposals. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 178 | issue = 11 | pages = 1401-2, 1403-4 | month = May | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.080592 | PMID = 18450833 |PMC = 2374865 }}</ref> | ||
*The diagnosis has garnered considerable attention in the context of electroshock weapon use, as ''Taser International'' (a manufacturer of electroshock weapons) has | *The diagnosis has garnered considerable attention in the context of electroshock weapon use, as ''Taser International'' (a manufacturer of electroshock weapons) has often ascribed the deaths involving its weapons to it. | ||
*There is no "official" definition for ''excited delirium''. | *There is no "official" definition for ''excited delirium''. | ||