RT Book, Section
A1 Rao, Rama B.
A1 Flomenbaum, Mark A.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108427620
T1 Postmortem Toxicology
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108427620
RD 2024/04/16
AB Postmortem  toxicology  is  the  study  of  the  identification,  distribution,  and  quantification  of  xenobiotics  after  death.  This  information  is  used  to  account  for  physiologic  effects  of  a  xenobiotic  at  the  time  of  death  through  its  quantification  and  possible  redistribution  in  the  body  at  the  time  of  autopsy.  ­Several  variables  may  cause  changes  in  xenobiotic  concentrations  during  the  interval  between  (1)  the  time  of  death  and  subsequent  autopsy  and  (2)  the  storage  interval  between  the  time  of  sampling  and  the  time  of  testing.  Toxicologists  and  forensic  pathologists  are  frequently  asked  to  interpret  postmortem  xenobiotic  concentrations  and  decide  whether  the  reported  values  are  meaningful  and  whether  these  xenobiotics  were  incidental  or  contributory  to  the  cause  of  death.