Pulmonary fat embolization as a diagnostic finding for heat exposure

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Inoue, Hiromasa ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^b   Tsuji, Akiko ^b   Kudo, Keiko ^b   Hanagama, Masakazu ^a   Nata, Masayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic autopsy; Heat stroke; Hyperthermia; Pulmonary fat embolization

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BURN; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT EMBOLISM; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LUNG; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 57349108843     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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