Digestive Status of Stomach contents - An indicator of Time Since Death
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 10
Abstract
Meticulous autopsy not only provides information regarding cause and circumstances leading to death but also helps in estimating time since death. The inspection of gastric contents must be part of every post-mortem examination because if the time of taking last meal is known, the approximate time since death may be calculated indirectly. It has been determined through extensive research that under ordinary circumstances the stomach empties its contents 4 to 6 hours after intake of meal. Present study was conducted on randomly selected 1000 postmortem cases, out of which in 507 cases, history regarding time of last meal was available. Gastric emptying of food contents was divided in three categories- No gastric emptying, Partial gastric emptying and complete gastric emptying in relation to time interval in hours. Physical state of food contents was also studied in two stages (1) Recognizable and (2) Unrecognizable /Pulpy food in relation to time interval. Gastric emptying time ranged between 1 to more than 10 hours was recorded, and data was analysed upto 4 hours, 6 hours, 10 hours and more than 10 hours duration of last meal intake. From the present study it was concluded that estimation of time since death is possible from the state of food contents in stomach and its emptying time indirectly with the help of other parameters meant for calculation of time of death.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Manpreet Kaul, Dr. Kuldip Kumar, Dr. Ashwani Kumar Kaul, Dr. Ashok Chanana, Dr. Ashwani Kumar
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