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08.03.2018 | Letter to the Editor
Regarding the editorial “The autopsy evaluation of ‘straightforward’ fire deaths”
verfasst von:
Vladimir Živković, Slobodan Nikolić
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 3/2018
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Excerpt
We have recently read with great interest the editorial published by Roger W. Byard concerning the autopsy evaluation of “straightforward” fire deaths [
1]. Among other things, the author states that the major issue in fire deaths is determining whether the decedent died before or after a fire started. He further explains that, even in open air fires, there might be a very rapid burning with fast consumption of environmental oxygen, and minimal levels of carbon monoxide might be present. Therefore, the lack of carbon monoxide in the peripheral blood in such circumstances should not be taken as evidence that death had occurred before the fire began [
1]. …