Combining postmortem vitreous sodium and chloride and lung-body ratio in aiding the diagnosing saltwater drowning - Tse R, Garland J, Kesha K, Morrow P, Lam L, Elstub H, Cala A, Spark A, Palmiere C, Stables S.

Diagnosing death due to drowning can be difficult, and several postmortem findings have been postulated to aid the diagnosis. Increased lung weights are often seen in drowning deaths. Lung-body (LB) ratio was described to be the best anatomical lung measur...

Source: SafetyLit - May 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news