溺水死亡在法医病理鉴定一直是一个难点,主要是由于很大一部分的溺死者没有进行特征性尸检,因而案例较少。除此之外,国内和国际诸多学者对于溺水死亡的检验方法还存在疑议。本文从溺死鉴定的三个主要步骤进行阐述,并参考国内外相关文献,对溺水死亡的鉴定工作提出了一些建议和意见,以期为今后相关工作提供一定的参考。 Death from drowning has long been a challenge in forensic pathology, mainly because fewer drowning individuals carry out characteristic autopsy. In addition, many domestic and international scholars have doubts about the test method of drowning death. In this paper, three main steps of identification of drowning are elaborated. With reference to the relevant literature at home and abroad, some suggestions and opinions on the identification of drowning death are put forward in order to provide some reference for future related work.