Application of Postmortem Biochemistry in Forensic Diagnosis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2016.04.010
- Author:
Yang DING
1
;
Qin LU
1
;
Yin HU
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Criminal Science and Technology, Pudong Branch of Shanghai Public Security Bureau, Shanghai 220135, China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
diabetic ketoacidosis;
forensic pathology;
postmortem biochemistry;
review [publication type]
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Body Fluids/chemistry*;
Diabetic Ketoacidosis/diagnosis*;
Forensic Medicine;
Forensic Pathology;
Humans
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2016;32(4):273-276
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication results from the high blood levels of glucose and ketone in diabetes mellitus patients that cause metabolic overbalance. An analysis of postmortem biochemical indexes is needed in such cases without specific signs of the routine forensic medicine examination. Postmortem biochemistry is a kind of examinations that collecting the body fluids of the corpses to determine the metabolic state of their life time to estimate the cause of death. This paper reviews the basic features and signs of the forensic medicine examination in the dead cases of diabetic ketoacidosis, and emphatically analyzes the postmortem biochemical indexes of diabetic ketoacidosis, and summarizes new ideas of forensic medicine diagnosis in diabetic ketoacidosis death.
