Differences in postmortem urea nitrogen, creatinine and uric acid levels between blood and pericardial fluid in acute death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Zhu, Bao Li ^a,b   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a,b   Michiue, Tomomi ^a,b   Tanaka, Sayaka ^a   Zhao, Dong ^a   Li, Dong Ri ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a,b  

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

^b Osaka Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute death; Creatinine; Forensic pathophysiology; Pericardial fluid; Postmortem biochemistry; Serum; Urea nitrogen; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DROWNING; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MUSCLE INJURY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CREATININE; DROWNING; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; URIC ACID; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947308595     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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