Kokuşmuş Cesetlerde Saptanan Etanol Seviyesinin Yorumlanması

Öz

Adli-tlbbi oJguJarda, koku§ma buJgulan bulunan cesetlerin kamnda alkol saptandlgmda, belirlenen bu etanol seviyesinin ki§inin ya§arken alml§ oldugu alkol miktarma ml, yoksa aliimden sonra endojen olarak olu§an alkole mi ya da yukarda saz edilen her iki etkene mi baglI oldugu hakkmda sorunlar ortaya pkmaktadIr. Bu r;:alI§mada, ur YlllIk danemde Adli TIP Kurumu Morg jhtisas Dairesi tarafindan otop si yapIlml§, kamndayuksek alkol seviyesi saptanan ve koku§ma bulgulan gasteren olgular incelenmi§tir. Aym zamanda, dartadet Swiss Albino tipi Slran ile de deneyseJ an ralI§ma yapllml§tJr. Saptanan alum sonraSl kan alkol seviyeJerinin anlaml ilgili literatilr e§liginde tartl§llml§tlr.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• etanol
• kokuşma
• toksikoloji

Kaynakça

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