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                                                                <journal-id>j for med</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Adli Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1018-5275</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-0570</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Adli Tıp Kurumu</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.61970/adlitip.1893382</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Forensic Medicine</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Adli Tıp</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Heimlich Manevrasının Bir Komplikasyonu Olarak Mezenter Yaralanması: Bir Otopsi Olgu Sunumu</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Mesenteric Injury as a Complication of the Heimlich Maneuver: An Autopsy Case Report</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8775-9911</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Savaş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Çağdaş</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Council of Forensic Medicine, Izmir Forensic Medicine Group Presidency, Morgue Specialization Department</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3465-231X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Alemdar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Muhammed Zeyıt</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Council of Forensic Medicine, Izmir Forensic Medicine Group Presidency, Morgue Specialization Department</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-3271</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yeşiltepe</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gözde</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Council of Forensic Medicine, Izmir Forensic Medicine Group Presidency, Morgue Specialization Department</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>40</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>123</fpage>
                                        <lpage>127</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20260219">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>19</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260424">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>24</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1985, Turkish Journal of Forensic Medicine</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1985</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Turkish Journal of Forensic Medicine</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Giriş: Gıda vb. yabancı cisimler nedeniyle üst solunum yolunun tıkanması durumunda uygulanan Heimlich manevrası ilk kez 1974 yılında Dr. Henry Heimlich tarafından tanımlanmıştır. Mevcut manevranın güncel ve uygulanır olması sebebiyle oluşabilecek komplikasyonlarının otopsi olgularında vurgulanıp tartışılmasının önemi açıktır. Çalışmamızda Heimlich manevrasının nadir travmatik komplikasyonlarından olan mezenter yaralanması saptanan otopsi olgusunun bulguları paylaşılacaktır. Vaka: 65 yaşında erkeğin kaldığı engelli bakımevinde yemekhanede öğle yemeğini yedikten sonra boğulur vaziyette morardığı ve zor nefes aldığı bildiriliyor. Bakımevi hemşiresi tarafından Heimlich manevrası yapılarak, ağızdan et ve ekmek parçaları çıkarılıyor. İki günlük yoğun bakım yatışı sırasında endotrakeal tüp içi sindirilmiş et parçaları aspire ediliyor ve arrest olması neticesinde CPR uygulanıp exitus kabul ediliyor.Yapılan otopside iç muayenede Heimlich manevrasının bir komplikayonu olarak mezenterde yüzeyel laserasyon ve kanama alanı saptandı. Mezenterde yapılan histopatolojik inceleme kanama ve yırtığı doğruladı. Ölümün gıda aspirasyonuna bağlı mekanik asfiksi ve gelişen komplikasyonlar neticesinde meydana geldiği yönünde görüş bildirildi.Tartışma ve Sonuç: Heimlich manevrası uygulanan adli otopsi olgularında adli tıp uzmanı oluşabilecek tüm komplikasyonları göz önünde bulundurmalı, artefaktlar açısından doğru ayırıcı tanı ve bu lezyonların ölümde rolü bulunup bulunmadığı konusunda doğru değerlendirme yapmalıdır. Bu yaklaşım ölüm sebebi ve orjininin doğru tespit edilmesinin yanı sıra başka birçok medikolegal problemi de önleyebilecektir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Introduction: The Heimlich maneuver, used in cases of upper airway obstruction due to foreign objects such as food, was first described in 1974 by Dr. Henry Heimlich. Given that the current maneuver is up-to-date and applicable, it is clearly important to highlight and discuss its complications in autopsy cases.Our study will share the findings of an autopsy case in which mesenteric injury, a rare traumatic complication of the Heimlich maneuver, was detected.Case: A 65-year-old man staying at a nursing home for the disabled reportedly turned blue and had difficulty breathing after eating lunch in the dining hall. The nurse performs the Heimlich maneuver, removing pieces of meat and bread from the mouth. During a two-day intensive care admission, digested meat fragments are aspirated from the endotracheal tube, and following cardiac arrest, CPR is administered and death is confirmed.During the autopsy, superficial laceration and bleeding in the mesentery were detected as a complication of the Heimlich maneuver. Histopathological examination of the mesentery confirmed bleeding and tearing. It was reported that death occurred as a result of mechanical asphyxia due to food aspiration and subsequent complications.Discussion and Conclusion: In forensic autopsy cases where the Heimlich maneuver was performed, the forensic medicine specialist must consider all possible complications. They must make an accurate differential diagnosis regarding artifacts and correctly assess whether these lesions played a role in death. This approach will prevent many other medicolegal problems in addition to accurately determining the cause and origin of death.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Heimlich maneuver</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mesenteric injury</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Forensic autopsy</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Heimlich manverası</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mezenter yaralanması</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Adli otopsi</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Yazarlar bu çalışma sırasında herhangi bir finansal destek kullanmamışlardır - Yazarlar bu makale ile ilgili herhangi bir çıkar çatışması bildirmemişlerdir</named-content>
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