Cultura

Multidisciplinary Approach To Medical Investigation In Saudi Arabia: Integrating Toxicology, Post-Mortem Radiology, And Clinical Nursing Documentation

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Manal Atyan Alharbi, Rasha Awwadh Eid Alshalawi, Meshael Oudah Dawi Alotaibi, Amal Faisal Almutairi, Ahoud Faisal Matar Almutairi, Sultan Waqqaf Mohsen Alruwaili, Fahad Muflih Mohsen Alruwaili
Shuaa Saad Saleh Al-Shammari, Waleed Mudhhi R Alshammari, Meshal Tewairesh Shanan Alshammari, Tahani Naif Oudah Aljameeli, Ahood Thalab Salman Aldafyry, Tarfa Saqr Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi

Abstract

Background: Forensic investigation in contemporary medicolegal practice increasingly demands comprehensive multidisciplinary collaboration to establish accurate determinations of cause and manner of death, particularly in complex cases involving suspected poisoning, trauma, or unexplained mortality.

Objective: This integrative review examines the convergence of three critical forensic disciplines within Saudi Arabian healthcare and medicolegal contexts: forensic toxicology providing analytical detection and quantification of drugs, poisons, and toxic substances; post-mortem radiology offering non-invasive visualization of internal injuries and pathological findings; and clinical nursing documentation preserving critical ante-mortem information regarding patient presentation, treatment, and clinical trajectory.

Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted examining forensic toxicology practices, post-mortem radiology techniques, clinical nursing documentation standards, and multidisciplinary integration frameworks within Saudi Arabian and international contexts. Databases searched included PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and regional Middle Eastern medical databases for publications from 2014-2025.

Results: The Saudi Arabian forensic landscape presents unique characteristics including Islamic legal framework influences requiring timely burial practices, rapidly expanding forensic infrastructure aligned with Vision 2030 objectives, increasing urbanization and associated mortality patterns, and evolving professional education systems developing indigenous forensic expertise. Effective integration of toxicological analysis, radiological examination, and nursing documentation requires structured collaboration protocols, standardized information exchange mechanisms, coordinated evidence preservation practices, and shared medicolegal training enhancing mutual understanding of each discipline's contributions.

Conclusion: Multidisciplinary forensic investigation incorporating toxicology, radiology, and nursing documentation represents the contemporary standard for comprehensive medicolegal death investigation. Implementation within Saudi Arabian contexts requires addressing cultural considerations, infrastructure development, professional training enhancement, and establishment of standardized protocols facilitating seamless information exchange across disciplines.

Keywords : forensic toxicology, post-mortem radiology, nursing documentation, medicolegal investigation, Saudi Arabia, multidisciplinary collaboration, forensic sciences.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty