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**Infarction (e.g. MI), | **Infarction (e.g. MI), | ||
**Haemorrhage (e.g. cerebral, GI). | **Haemorrhage (e.g. cerebral, GI). | ||
*Toxic: | *Toxic (memory device: ''PAIRO''): | ||
**Poisons. | **Poisons. | ||
* | **Alcohol (EtOH). | ||
** | **Illicit (e.g. cocaine, heroin, LSD). | ||
** | **Rx. | ||
** | **Over-the-counter (OTC) (e.g. acetaminophen, warfarin). | ||
**Asphyxial | *Trauma (memory device ''AGE BS''): | ||
**Asphyxial. | |||
**Gunshot wound (GSW). | |||
**Environmental (e.g. hypothermia, hyperthermia, drowning, lack of oxygen). | **Environmental (e.g. hypothermia, hyperthermia, drowning, lack of oxygen). | ||
**Blunt force trauma. | |||
**Sharp force trauma. | |||
Difficulties arise when more than one point of the triangle is in play, i.e. the forensic pathologist has to earn their pay when an old man with a heart condition is known to be into erotic asphyxia, and dies after doing some drugs and whilst indulging in erotic asyphxiation with a friend... | Difficulties arise when more than one point of the triangle is in play, i.e. the forensic pathologist has to earn their pay when an old man with a heart condition is known to be into erotic asphyxia, and dies after doing some drugs and whilst indulging in erotic asyphxiation with a friend... | ||
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Dependent on: | Dependent on: | ||
* | *Temperature of patient at death. | ||
* | *Temperature variations in the environment since death. | ||
* | *Presence of some medical conditions. | ||
* | *May never develop! | ||
Summary: | Summary: | ||
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*Cold & stiff 8-36 h. | *Cold & stiff 8-36 h. | ||
*Cold & flaccid > 36 h. | *Cold & flaccid > 36 h. | ||
Notes: | |||
*Memory device: '''3s''': cut points are at ''3 hours'', ''1/3 of a day'', ''3/2 of a day.'' | |||
===Livor mortis=== | ===Livor mortis=== | ||
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*[[Forensic entomology]]. | *[[Forensic entomology]]. | ||
*[[Autopsy]]. | *[[Autopsy]]. | ||
*[[Heart]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||