Global multi-site (Subclavian, femoral and popliteal) and time-dependent evaluation of post-mortem redistribution of psychoactive drugs: Preliminary results
[en] Our study aimed to compare central blood concentration (subclavian site) with peripheral blood concentration (femoral and popliteal sites) of selected psychoactive substances. Time-dependent variation of blood concentration is also assessed by means of two methods.
To our knowledge, popliteal blood concentration has never been compared with other sites before.The results indicate that the popliteal sample site appears to be less subject to PMR as seen in the concentration ratios in the group with popliteal sampling. Cases sampled only once, as well as those sampled a second time, when correlated with the post-mortem interval, show that the latter did not have significant influence on concentration ratios, concentration difference
ratios or concentration differences.
Disciplines :
Forensic medicine
Author, co-author :
Lemaire, Eric ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Médecine légale - Criminalistique
DENOOZ, Raphael ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Toxicologie clinique
SCHMIDT, Carl
CHARLIER, Corinne ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Toxicologie clinique
Boxho, Philippe ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Médecine légale - Criminalistique
Language :
English
Title :
Global multi-site (Subclavian, femoral and popliteal) and time-dependent evaluation of post-mortem redistribution of psychoactive drugs: Preliminary results
Alternative titles :
[fr] Approche globale, multisites-(Sousclavier, fémoral et poplite) et temps-dépendante, de la redistribution post-mortem de substances psychoactives: Résultats préliminaires
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