1Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Law, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Kharkiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
*Corresponding Author: Edgar Grygorian, Postgraduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Law, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Contact: +38-0577551695 Email: 8520148@gmail.com
Online published on 18 September, 2020.
Introduction, Materials and Methods:In this study, an analysis of forensic medical reports was conducted in order to define new criteria for postmortem interval (PMI) assessment, to improve the accuracy of its determination by forensic medical experts. In the study, 2972 forensic medical examinations of corpses were analyzed. The location of the corpse, Degree of fatness, Body length, Age and Histological changes of some internal organs were observed. Dynamometry method was used for Postmortem Interval (PMI) estimation. The results were calculated using Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
Results:There was a significant moderate correlation of histological changes of some internal organs; weak correlation of corpse location, degree of fatness, body length; and significant very weak correlation of age (p <0.05).
Forensic medical examination, Postmortem interval, Thanatology, Analysis, Criteria
