Postmortem diagnosis of hypertonic dehydration

Madea, Burkhard; Lachenmeier, Dirk W.

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.014

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“…Madea and Lachenmeier [60] mentioned 17 cases of hypertonic dehydration showing increased vitreous sodium and urea values. There are also cases of increased vitreous sodium values not related to dehydration and therefore it has been concluded that prudence should be used in determining the cause of death on the basis of vitreous sodium and chloride values only [25].…”

Section: Applications Electrolytesmentioning

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Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications

J¹

2015

J Clin Exp Pathol

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Vitreous humor has been investigated since the 1960s, with many debates occurring over the years with regard to the usefulness of its specific applications. The composition of several electrolytes in post-mortem vitreous humour has been extensively studied. Using the fluid for determining the cause of death has also become commonplace, including testing glucose levels of diabetic related deaths, as well as alcohol and drug related fatalities. The debate regarding the composition between two eyes of the same individual has been an issue in the past, but has since been resolved.

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Section: Applications Electrolytesmentioning

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Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications

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2015

J Clin Exp Pathol

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“…Although death is not intended in most of the cases it is nevertheless accepted as a possible consequence of an act of abuse. Intentional murder (in cases of extended suicide, murder of newborn babies or homicide in order to conceal another crime) is not a variant of lethal child abuse (Madea et al 1991;Schmidt and Madea 1995;Banaschak et al 2003;Madea 2005aMadea , 2005bMadea , 2012. diagnosis to be applied to the parent(s) or the child?…”

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Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

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Madea²,

Kernbach-Wighton³

2014

Handbook of Forensic Medicine

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“…However, Madea and Lachenmeier [37] reported cases of increased vitreous sodium values that were not related to electrolyte disturbances and concluded that vitreous sodium and chloride values were insufficient metrics for determining the cause of death.…”

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Postmortem biochemistry performed on vitreous humor after postmortem CT-angiography

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a b s t r a c tPostmortem angiography is becoming increasingly essential in forensic pathology as an adjunct to con-ventional autopsy. Despite the numerous advantages of this technique, some questions have been raised regarding the influence of the contrast agent injected on the results of toxicological and biochemical anal-yses. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the injection of the contrast agent Angiofil Ò , mixed with paraffin oil, on the results of postmortem biochemical investigations performed on vitreous humor. Postmortem biochemical investigations were performed on vitreous samples collected from bodies that had undergone postmortem angiography (n = 50) and from a control group (n = 50). Two vit-reous samples were analyzed for each group and the results compared. Glucose, urea, creatinine, 3-b-hydroxybutyrate, sodium and chloride were tested. Different values were observed between the first and second samples in each group. However, these differences were not clinically relevant, suggesting that the injection of this contrast agent mixture does not modify the concentration of the analyzed sub-stances in the vitreous humor.

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Postmortem diagnosis of hypertonic dehydration

Cited by 52 publications

References 24 publications

Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications

Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications

Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

Postmortem biochemistry performed on vitreous humor after postmortem CT-angiography

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