Possible postmortem serum markers for differentiation between fresh-, saltwater drowning and acute cardiac death: A preliminary investigation

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Zhu, Bao Li ^a   Ishida, Kaori ^a,b   Taniguchi, Mari ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Tsuda, Kohei ^a   Kamikodai, Yasunobu ^a   Fujita, Masaki Q ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood biochemistry; Blood urea nitrogen; Cardiac troponin T; Creatinine; Drowning; Electrolyte; Forensic pathology; Mineral; Pulmonary surfactant associated protein A

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; FRESH WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SODIUM; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TROPONIN T; UREA;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037739857     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00155-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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