RESUMO
The present paper reports the results of the application of measurements of cadaveric tissue pressure (CTP) in forensic medical thanatology for the determination of the initial position of the corpse and the identification of the visually undetectable bleeding sites on the scalp during examination at the place of its discovery. Moreover, the study of the tissue pressure parameters in the affected tissues may be used to determine the intravitality of the injury and dynamics of its prescription. The parameters of intra-organ tissue pressure suggest its dependence not only on the prescription of the death and manifestations of the postmortem processes but also on the character and extent of the pathological process in the tissues of the organ of interest; these findings can be used for the verification of various diagnostic procedures including those for the objective elucidation of the cause of the death. It is concluded that the investigations along these lines extend the possibilities for the use of quantitative parameters of CTP for the substantiation of expert conclusions based on the results of forensic medical examination.
