Damage Postmortem

Post-mortem damage

Introduction Post-mortem injuries are damage that occurs after the cessation of vital functions of organs and tissues. Their occurrence is associated with the cessation of the supporting function of all soft tissues in the area of ​​damage. A distinctive feature of P. p. is their occurrence during life or immediately after death as a result of the action of an external traumatic agent when a general circulatory disorder has already occurred in one or another part of the body, that is, after the onset of “minor” clinical bleeding of organs. Often the effect of the factor leading to death cannot be accurately determined in a clinical setting. In this case, P. p. can be determined by color, smell, type of “lagging” limb, and other signs. We are talking about cadaveric changes that have diagnostic value in cases