Post-mortem toxicology: what the dead can and cannot tell us.
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.
Leikin
Jerrold B
JB
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, Illinois, 60025, USA. Jleikin@enh.org
Watson
William A
WA
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*
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations