The development of a post-mortem interval estimation for human remains found on land in the Netherlands.

The decomposition process of human remains can be used to estimate the post-mortem interval (PMI), but decomposition varies due to many factors. Temperature is believed to be the most important and can be connected to decomposition by using the accumulated degree days (ADD). The aim of this research was to develop a decomposition scoring method and to develop a formula to estimate the PMI by using the developed decomposition scoring method and ADD.

The T/QRS ratio of the electrocardiogram does not reliably reflect well-being in fetal lambs.

Objective: Our purpose was to determine the diagnostic power of the T/QRS ratio of the electrocardiogram to predict fetal well-being.

Study Design: In 47 fetal lambs (3 to 5 days after surgery, gestational age 123.5 +/- 3.

Effects of surgery and asphyxia on levels of nucleosides, purine bases, and lactate in cerebrospinal fluid of fetal lambs.

During severe oxygen shortage, the fetal brain resorts to anaerobic metabolism and ATP becomes catabolized. High levels of nucleosides, hypoxanthine, and xanthine (ATP catabolites) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may therefore be associated with increased neonatal neurologic morbidity. In 22 fetal lambs (3 to 5 d after surgery, gestational age 123.