Acetonaemia as an initial criterion of evaluation of a probable cause of sudden death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Teresiński, Grzegorz ^a   Buszewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Madro, Roman ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetonaemia; Alcoholic ketoacidosis; Chronic alcoholism; Hypothermia; Ketone bodies; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; METHANOL; PROPANOL;

ACETONAEMIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KETOGENESIS; MALNUTRITION; SUDDEN DEATH;

2-PROPANOL; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; ETHANOL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; KETONE BODIES; METHANOL; POISONING;

EID: 57349133028     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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