Drowning, haemodilution, haemolysis and staining of the intima of the aortic root - Preliminary observations

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-124

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b   Cains, Glenda ^a   Simpson, Ellie ^a   Eitzen, David ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^c  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Drowning; Haemodilution; Haemolysis; Intimal staining; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMODILUTION; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODILUTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEAWATER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33645135627     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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