al-Alousi Louay M, Anderson Robert A, Worster Diana M, Land David V
Department of Forensic Medicine & Science, The University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Forensic Sci Int. 2002 Feb 18;125(2-3):231-6. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00652-1.
The temperatures of three body sites, namely, the brain, liver and the rectum as well as the temperature of the environment were continuously monitored, every 5-10 min, in 117 forensic cases commencing soon after death and in most cases, within 45 min postmortem. The body temperature at the moment of death was empirically determined by a computer-based extrapolation method. Thus, temperature data for the first 3h of each body site were fitted to single-exponential equations and the fitted curve was extrapolated backwards to obtain the intercept on the Y-axis (the temperature axis). The effect of body temperature at the moment of death on postmortem cooling rate is examined and factors influencing body temperature at death are discussed. Forensic fatalities associated with hyper and hypothermia are reviewed briefly.
在117例法医案件中，死亡后不久（大多数情况下是在死后45分钟内），每隔5 - 10分钟持续监测三个身体部位（即大脑、肝脏和直肠）的温度以及环境温度。死亡瞬间的体温通过基于计算机的外推法凭经验确定。因此，将每个身体部位最初3小时的温度数据拟合为单指数方程，并将拟合曲线向后外推以获得在Y轴（温度轴）上的截距。研究了死亡瞬间体温对死后冷却速率的影响，并讨论了影响死亡时体温的因素。简要回顾了与体温过高和过低相关的法医死亡案例。
