Postmortem blood glucose if normal or high would
exclude hypoglycaemia as contributing factor to death.
Low glucose can not be taken as evidence of
hypoglycaemia in postmortem situation. High glucose
can not be used to diagnose DKA as cause of sudden
death in known or unknown diabetic subjects. High
HbA1c would only indicate poorly controlled DM.
Mohammad
--- Ada Cheng <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Our laboratory sometimes received requests for
> biochemical tests such as glucose, rheumatoid factor
> etc. on blood taken from post mortem samples. The
> blood is usually grossly haemolysed. Could anyone
> share with me the experience / knowledge on the
> clinical significance of analysing such blood.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ada Cheng
> Clinical Pathology Laboratory Centre
> Hong Kong
>
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Dr. M A Al-Jubouri
Consultant Chemical Pathologist
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