DETERMINATION OF THE AGE OF ACUTE SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS BY QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF ETHANOL IN THEIR CONTENTS, VENOUS BLOOD AND BLADDER URINE
The purpose of the study was to study the dynamics of ethanol distribution in subdural hematomas and other cadaver media and to develop a method for determining the age of acute subdural hematomas by the quantitative distribution of ethanol in their contents, venous blood and bladder urine. A retrospective analysis of the quantitative content of ethanol in acute subdural hematomas, venous blood and bladder urine was carried out. It was established that traumatic acute lethal subdural hematomas caused during the period of the victim’s alcoholic intoxication are formed in the phase of ethanol resorption, and cause the death of the victim in the phase of ethanol elimination or later. A set of equations was developed to determine point, one - and two-sided interval estimates of the age of acute subdural hematomas based on the quantitative distribution of ethanol in venous blood, bladder urine and hematoma content. The obtained equations are additionally implemented in the format of the computer program “Alcohol calculator Z 2.0”. The obtained data should be used in forensic expert practice to determine the age of acute subdural hematomas caused and caused the onset of death of the victim during his stay in a state of alcoholic intoxication.