Estimating Time Since Death From Post Mortem Lividity: An Autopsy Study Conducted in Government Medical College and Ssg Hospital ofCentral Gujarat State of India

Medico Legal Update Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.37506/x113nb04

Hardik R. Prajapati, Sunil B. Bhatt, Aditya B. Itare, Pratik N. Patel

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Background: Evaluation and estimation of time since death is a fundamental part of medico-legal investigations. Post mortem lividity or post-mortem staining is a bluish or reddish-purple discoloration due to capillo-venous distension with blood, at the under surface of the skin on the dependant parts of the body, as a result of settling of blood in those areas following pulling by gravity, after circulation of the blood in motion ceases. A study was conducted in the department of forensic medicine, GovernmentMedical College and SSG hospital, Vadodara to evaluate time since death by method of studying post mortem lividity. This was prospective and observational study conducted on 256 dead bodies brought for post mortem examination from November 2021 to August 2022. It was observed that the Post mortem Lividity starts appearing as a patchy form by 1-7 hours and well develops by 7-13 hours. Post mortem Lividity gets fixed by 8-18 hours following death. It was concluded that compared to other methods, the post mortem lividity assessment can be used as the most conventional, easy and quicker method for estimating time since death

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从尸斑估计死亡时间：印度古吉拉特邦中部政府医学院和 Ssg 医院进行的尸检研究

背景：评估和估计死亡时间是医学法律调查的基本组成部分。死后青紫或死后染色是指在运动中的血液循环停止后，血液在这些区域受重力牵引而沉淀，在身体相关部位的皮肤下表面因帽状静脉充血而出现的淡蓝色或红紫色褪色。瓦多达拉政府医学院和 SSG 医院法医学系进行了一项研究，通过研究尸斑的方法来评估死亡时间。这是一项前瞻性观察研究，研究对象是 2021 年 11 月至 2022 年 8 月期间送检的 256 具尸体。据观察，尸斑在 1-7 小时内开始以斑块形式出现，7-13 小时内发展成熟。尸斑在死亡后 8 至 18 小时固定下来。结论是，与其他方法相比，尸斑评估可作为估算死亡时间的最传统、最简便、最快捷的方法。

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