Accident or arson: is CO-oximetry reliable for carboxyhemoglobin measurement postmortem?

Clin Chem. 2010 Apr;56(4):515-9. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.131334.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / blood*
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / diagnosis*
  • Carboxyhemoglobin / analysis*
  • Cause of Death
  • Female
  • Fires
  • Firesetting Behavior
  • Forensic Toxicology / methods*
  • Homicide
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Oximetry / instrumentation*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Carboxyhemoglobin