title: [The diagnosis of intrauterine asphyxia by the lipid content in the lungs of the cadavers of newborn infants using fresh and putrefied material].
abstract: Lipid content was measured in lung tissue of live and stillborn newborns with and without putrefactive changes by biochemical method of lipid extraction by hexane from dried fragments. Biochemical detection of high levels of lipids in pulmonary tissue from newborns both with and without putrefactive changes was found to be an evidence of intrauterine asphyxia caused by aspiration of amniotic fluid, and, hence, this method helped assess the contribution of intrauterine asphyxia to the origin and cause of death. The results are of paramount importance for forensic medicine, particularly so in cases when putrefied corpses of newborns have to be examined and there is no data on the course of pregnancy and labor.
authors.forename: Iu S
authors.initials: IuS
authors.lastname: Purdiaev
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Alisievich
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D011180:Postmortem Changes
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids
vernacular_title: O diagnostike vnutriutrobnoĭ asfiksii po soderzhaniiu lipidov v legkikh trupov novorozhdennykh na svezhem i gnilostno-izmenennom materiale.