title: [Use of rectal temperature-time of death nomograms at the scene of death].
abstract: The application of the rectal temperature time of death nomogram at the scene of death by 11 authors from 6 lego-medical institutes resulted in a standard deviation of the differences between nomographic and real death time of +/- 1.3 h in 46 cases (group I) with met requirements and clearly defined points of contact, nevertheless, including 9 cases with a more progressive cooling (0.5 greater than Q greater than or equal to 0.2). In cases with a real death time of more than 4h (N = 26) the standard deviation was +/- 1.0 hours corresponding to permissible variation of 95% of +/- 2.0 hours. Consequently, the permissible variation of 95% was much smaller than that suggested by the nomogram. The nomographic death time interval did not agree with the real one in 5 cases out of additional 30 cases with recognizably unsure points of contact (group II).
authors.affiliation: Gerichtlich-Medizinisches Institut der Universität, Basel, Schweiz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henssge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hochmeister
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleiber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oehmichen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012007:Rectum; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Zur Anwendung des Rektaltemperatur-Todeszeit-Nomogramms am Leichenfundort.