Elevated postmortem vitreous sodium and chloride level in a salt water drowning death during self-contained underwater breathing apparatus diving with diving mask in place: case report - Tse R, Garland J, Kesha K, Morrow P, Elstub H, Cala A, Spark A, Stables S, Sage M.

Elevation of postmortem vitreous sodium and chloride (PMVSC) levels in salt water drowning (SWD) is hypothesized to result from electrolyte changes in blood from salt water inhalation/ingestion during drowning. After approximately 1 hour after death, elect...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news