@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of post-mortem ethanol concentrations in pericardial fluid and bone marrow aspirate",
journal="Forensic science international",
year="2006",
author="Maeda, Hitoshi and Zhu, Bao-Li and Ishikawa, Takaki and Oritani, Shigeki and Michiue, Tomomi and Li, Dong-Ri and Zhao, Dong and Ogawa, Masafumi",
volume="161",
number="2-3",
pages="141-143",
abstract="This study confirmed post-mortem ethanol concentrations in pericardial fluid and bone marrow aspirate in comparison with those in the blood in medicolegal autopsy cases (n = 140, within 48 h post-mortem). The specimens were examined by head-space gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Ethanol concentrations in the pericardial fluid (y) were approximately equivalent to those in peripheral blood (x): y = 0.99x + 0.02, n = 44, r = 0.972. A high stomach ethanol concentration (>10 mg/ml) appeared to mildly affect the pericardial levels. There was no significant interference in drowning cases. Ethanol concentrations in bone marrow aspirates (y) also showed a good correlation with those in the peripheral blood (x): y = 0.77 x + 0.02, n = 20, r = 0.981. A dissociation was observed in cases of delayed death from hemorrhagic/traumatic shock and elderly victims. These findings suggest that pericardial fluid and bone marrow aspirate can be used as an alternative material when adequate blood specimens are not available.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0379-0738",
doi="10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.016"
}