Should postmortem subclavian blood be considered a peripheral or central sample?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-158

  Molina, D Kimberley ^a   Hargrove, Veronica M ^a  

^a Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

central blood; femoral blood; forensic pathology; forensic toxicology; heart blood; intoxication; peripheral blood; postmortem redistribution; subclavian blood

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878876944     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318288b0d5     Document Type: Article

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