Background: To determine the role of drugs in fatal overdose, analyses were done on samples obtained from autopsy examination and death and crime scene investigations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of toxicology analyses of postmortem biological and non-biological samples belonging to a subject in determining the forensic cause of death. Methods: Toxicological analysi...

Over the past two decades, cases of drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA) have increased in forensic laboratories in many parts of the world. Investigators of DFSA allegations know of the many challenges associated with these cases, but forensic toxicologists find that delays in the reporting of such crimes to law enforcement and subsequent lags in specimen collection are particularly importa...

Cartilage tissue performs many functions in the human body. The diseases and injuries affecting it are prevalent due to its slow regeneration rate. However, cartilage is exceptionally important for auspicious use forensic medicine postmortem degradation presented review summarizes latest research on tissues their current potential applications science. It also describes most studies using micro...

INTRODUCTION In order to assess the significance of drug levels measured in intensive care medicine, clinical and forensic toxicology, as well as for therapeutic drug monitoring, it is essential that a comprehensive collection of data is readily available. Therefore, it makes sense to offer a carefully referenced compilation of therapeutic and toxic plasma concentration ranges, as well as half-...

Recently, a novel ninhydrin reaction with cyanide has opened new ways to detect this poison in the body fluids and the environmental samples. Mainly, detection of cyanide with ninhydrin at a crime scene could be of prime interest for forensic investigators. Besides, the reaction conditions are very common, except the need to avoid oxygen and oxidizers. The ninhydrin-based assay proved to be hig...

Background: Given the increasing prevalence of methadone overdose and the growing number of deaths in Iran, the present study was conducted to determine the mortality rate of methadone detected in the cadavers brought to the Forensic Medicine Organization between 2015 and 2017. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 7,486 cases of substance abuse deaths registered in the Forensic...

All measurements, regardless of their purpose, context or quality, possess uncertainty. No measurement is performed with absolute perfection since all are approximations. Uncertainty, however, does not mean there is anything wrong or inappropriate with the results. Uncertainty is simply a measure of the confidence we have in our best estimate and results from limitations in our technology, our ...

This little volume has taken shape from the lectures delivered to the London Hospital students by the late Professor Smith and has been revised and brought up to date by Dr. George Jones. Essentially designed for students preparing for examinations, the subject-matter has been thoroughly crystallised and condensed. This lias not handicapped the book in any way; on the other hand, the author is ...

*Dr. Pankaj Gupta, MD., DNB, **Dr. Hakumat Rai, MS., ***Dr. Gurdeep Kalsey, MS., ****Dr. Jagdish Gargi, MD, *Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and research, Vallah (Amritsar) **Additional Professor of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar ***Professor and Head of Anatomy, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar ****Professor and Head o...