Interleukin 6 as a Novel Biomarker for Differentiating Drowning from Postmortem Submersion

Volume 20 No 6 (2022)

Mariem Maher Shafek Keryakous, Mohamed Abdel Mohsen Hashem , Eman Ismail Hasan , Sara Mohammed Naguib Abdel Hafez , Dalia Mohamed Ali Hasan

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.6.NQ22351

Abstract

Background and objective: Drowning is the most common cause of unnatural death worldwide. A diagnosis of drowning is not always reachable based on the traditional autopsy findings. Especially when distinguishing a victim of drowning from a body thrown in water following death which remain a difficult problem. The objective of this study was to differentiate drowning from post mortem submersion using interleukin 6 (IL-6).

Keywords

Drowning, Post Mortem Submersion, Interleukin 6 (IL-6).

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