title: [Enzyme chemical studies of pericardial fluid].
abstract: The authors examined the enzyme activities of LDH, CK, GOT, GPT and gamma-GT in blood-free pericardial fluid. The cases were divided into seven groups: a shot in the head with instant death, sudden cardiac death, poisoning, brain death with a long survival time, sudden infant death syndrome, and asphyxia. Taking all five enzymes into consideration, the cases of cardiac death differed significantly on the 1% level from the head shooting. However, concerning CK sudden cardiac death differed on the 5% level from the deaths as a result of poisoning. The wide range of the results, however, does not permit any reliable association of one single value with any of the respective groups.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Heidelberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miltner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fiehn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000032:analysis; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000032:analysis; D002423:Cause of Death; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000032:analysis; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000201:enzymology*; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D003402:Creatine Kinase
vernacular_title: Enzymchemische Untersuchungen an der Perikardflüssigkeit.