Analysis of expert shortcomings of forensic medical examination of victims

Pletenetska A. Analysis of expert shortcomings of forensic medical examination of victims. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(5):116-123. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.05.016 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/44534 https://zenodo.org/record/8033632 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 1, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 1 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe:Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 28.04.2023. Revised: 19.05.2023. Accepted: 31.05.2023. ANALYSIS OF EXPERT SHORTCOMINGS OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF VICTIMS A. Pletenetska O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Department of Forensic Medicine and Medical Law, Kyiv ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7029-3377; Scopus ID: 57257296700 Researcher ID: AAZ-9198-2021 Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most significant problems in both clinical and forensic aspects, and is also one of the leading causes of death and disability. Foreign researchers describe various methods of forensic diagnosis of TBI. In order to improve the quality of forensic medical examinations of TBI in Ukraine, there is a need to study the defects of expert assessment. 100 forensic medical commission examinations on the assessment of TBI in injured persons, conducted at the SI "Main Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine", in cases of changed "Expert Conclusions", were studied. The largest number of changed "Conclusions" during the forensic medical examination of corpses in cases of TBI was due to an incorrectly established injury diagnosis of 16±7.2%. Defects that directly affected the experts' incorrect establishment of the diagnosis, mechanism, age and severity of TBI were: insufficient clinical data in medical documentation materials (92±5.3%), incorrect interpretation of clinical data by experts (48±9.8%), lack of involvement of consultants (43±9.7%), failure to take into account accompanying pathological conditions (23±8.2%). Ignoring concomitant pathology in victims had a statistically significant (p