Postmortem interval assessment criteria: A retrospective study
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
A Retrospective Study of Postmortem Findings in Redtailed Hawks
--We studied necropsy results from carcasses of 163 red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) submitted to the National Wildlife Health Center from 1975 through 1992. The most frequent postmortem finding was emaciation of unknown etiology, diagnosed in 33 (20%) carcasses. Proportionally more juveniles than adults were emaciated. Evidence of non-gunshot rauma, often suggestive of collision with vehic...
متن کاملA Machine Learning Approach for Using the Postmortem Skin Microbiome to Estimate the Postmortem Interval
Research on the human microbiome, the microbiota that live in, on, and around the human person, has revolutionized our understanding of the complex interactions between microbial life and human health and disease. The microbiome may also provide a valuable tool in forensic death investigations by helping to reveal the postmortem interval (PMI) of a decedent that is discovered after an unknown a...
متن کاملClinical or postmortem? The importance of the autopsy; a retrospective study.
Medicine is continually evolving; the new technologies of diagnosis and treatment continue to improve the life expectancy and lead to new information concerning various pathologies. The autopsy is viewed more and more as an ultimate branch of medicine and used only in extreme cases or for forensic purposes. Nevertheless, many studies, including this one, prove the utility and indispensability o...
متن کاملInjury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations
OBJECTIVE To investigate injury-related mortality in South Africa using a nationally representative sample and compare the results with previous estimates. METHODS We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of medico-legal postmortem investigation data from mortuaries using a multistage random sample, stratified by urban and non-urban areas and mortuary size. We calculated age-specific an...
متن کاملReference Interval of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Adenosine Deaminase Enzyme in Apparently Healthy Subjects- A Retrospective Study in India
Background and Aims: The aim of the present study was to re-evaluate the upper limit of normal range (ULN) for adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of healthy subjects in Indian population. Materials and Methods: Posteriori strategy was used for reference population selection. Individuals whose CSF samples had come to the laboratory of Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai (India) ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0972-5687,0974-083X
DOI: 10.5958/0974-083x.2020.00062.x