Analytical data supporting the “theoretical” postmortem redistribution factor ( F t ): a new model to evaluate postmortem redistribution
Open Access
- 25 November 2016
- journal article
- Published by Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics in Forensic Sciences Research
- Vol. 1 (1) , 33-37
Abstract
The concepts of postmortem redistribution (PMR, F) factor, and "theoretical" PMR (Ft ) - based upon a drug's characteristic L/P ratio - have been defined to express the direct relationship between postmortem peripheral blood and the corresponding antemortem whole-blood concentration. This paper applies recent data describing liver/peripheral blood (L/P) ratios for many commonly detected drugs to assess these models, and provide a ranking of drugs' propensity for (and degree of) PMR.Keywords
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