Never say never. Negligible carboxyhemoglobin in the victim of a smoldering mattress fire.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 5(3): 239-44, 1984 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6496436
For many years, a high blood carboxyhemoglobin concentration has been used as a criterion for determining that a victim of conflagration was alive in the fire. We report a case in which a man died from the combined effects of burns and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. He had a negligible blood carboxyhemoglobin concentration, but the environmental evidence and autopsy findings are indicative of life in the fire, which arose in a smoldering mattress. We conclude that uncritical, rigid adherence to the requirement that fire victims have high carboxyhemoglobin concentrations can be misleading.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Carboxihemoglobina
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Hemoglobinas
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Incendios
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Medicina Legal
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
Año:
1984
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Article
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Estados Unidos