Significant postmortem diffusion of ethanol: A case report.

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Version: Final published version
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ID Serval
serval:BIB_E244FF507EE8
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Significant postmortem diffusion of ethanol: A case report.
Périodique
Forensic science international
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Marti V., Augsburger M., Widmer C., Lardi C.
ISSN
1872-6283 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0379-0738
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
11/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
328
Pages
111046
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
In the realm of forensic pathology, ethanol is one of the most frequently encountered xenobiotics. The determination of ethanol concentration in blood after death is of great interest in forensic settings. It is important to be able to determine the level of intoxication of the deceased at the time of death, which is directly correlated to the ability to act prior to death, especially when a suicide is suspected. This estimation is not always easy to establish owing to various artifacts that are important to know for a proper ethanol blood level interpretation, among them postmortem (PM) diffusion. We describe here a case of unusual ethanol distribution in body compartments and discuss the importance of PM diffusion and redistribution while performing complementary toxicological analysis, especially when the blood and urine samples seemed to be inconsistent after the first results.
Mots-clé
Ability to act, Artifact, Case report, Ethanol, Postmortem diffusion
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
Création de la notice
26/10/2021 15:58
Dernière modification de la notice
07/10/2022 7:14
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