Intravascular gas distribution in the upper abdomen of non-traumatic in-hospital death cases on postmortem computed tomography

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Ishida, Masanori ^a   Gonoi, Wataru ^a   Hagiwara, Kazuchika ^a   Takazawa, Yutaka ^a   Akahane, Masaaki ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic radiology; Postmortem imaging; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD GAS; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957563739     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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