title: Post-mortem toxicology: what the dead can and cannot tell us.
abstract: The evaluation of postmortem laboratory assays of drugs needs to be performed in a systematic manner. The condition of the body, drug characteristics, matrix and site analysis are factors which need to be considered in the proper interpretation of an autopsy specimen result.
authors.affiliation: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, Illinois, 60025, USA. Jleikin@enh.org
authors.forename: Jerrold B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Leikin
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D010599:Pharmacokinetics; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations