Differences Between Central and Peripheral Postmortem Tryptase Levels.

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serval:BIB_44F49B24CA26
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Differences Between Central and Peripheral Postmortem Tryptase Levels.
Journal
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
Author(s)
Garland J., Ondruschka B., Da Broi U., Palmiere C., Glenn C., Morrow P., Kesha K., Stables S., Tse R.
ISSN
1533-404X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0195-7910
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/06/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
42
Number
2
Pages
125-129
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Postmortem tryptase is a commonly used biochemical test to aid in the diagnosis of fatal anaphylaxis, which is currently recommended to be sampled from peripheral (femoral) veins because of a research showing comparatively elevated levels from central blood sources. Previous studies have used nonstandardized or nondocumented sampling methods; however, more recent research demonstrates that tryptase levels may vary depending on the sampling method. This study used the recommended sampling method of aspirating the femoral vein after clamping and compared in a pairwise comparison with aspiration of central venous and arterial blood sources (inferior vena cava and aorta) in 2 groups of 25 nonanaphylactic deaths. We found no statistically significant differences in postmortem tryptase between central and femoral vein blood; however, sporadic outliers in central blood (particularly aortic blood reaching levels above documented cutoffs for fatal anaphylaxis) were observed. Our findings provide evidence for the existing recommendations that femoral vein blood remains the preferred sample for postmortem tryptase over central blood.
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