Postmortem angiography using femoral cannulation and postmortem microbiology

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 861-867

  Palmiere, Cristian ^a   Egger, Coraline ^a   Grabherr, Silke ^a   Jaton Ogay, Katia ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Infection; Postmortem angiography; Postmortem bacteriology; Postmortem biochemistry

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TREM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BLOOD; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931573045     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1099-5     Document Type: Article

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