Is the formula of Traub still up to date in antemortem blood glucose level estimation?

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 407-413

  Palmiere, Cristian ^a   Sporkert, Frank ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Werner, Dominique ^b   Bardy, Daniel ^b   Rey, François ^b   Lardi, Christelle ^a   Brunel, Christophe ^a   Augsburger, Marc ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose; Ketoacidosis; Postmortem biochemistry; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITREOUS BODY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETATES; ACETONE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84863728039     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0659-1     Document Type: Article

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