The development and changes of pressure of putrefactive gas in cadaveric enterocelia in spring and its forensic application / 法医学杂志

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OBJECTIVE@#To study the development and changes of pressure of putrefactive gas (PPG) in cadaveric enterocelia in spring, and to explore its application in estimation of postmortem interval (EPI).@*METHODS@#57 goats were divided into 2 groups according to means of death, on land or in water. Celiac PPG were observed timely and systematically.@*RESULTS@#The development of PPG in cadaveric enterocelia, which can be divided into raising phase, peak phase, and declining phase was observed, and a model to estimate postmortern interval by changes of PPG was founded.@*CONCLUSION@#Measuring PPG in cadaveric enterocelia could be used in forensic EPI.