Amanda R. Youmans

Lung-to-Body Weight Ratio as a Supplemental Predictor of the Fresh Water Drowning Diagnosis at Autopsy.

Background Drowning remains a diagnosis of exclusion in forensic pathology due to a lack of sensitivity and specificity in currently identified drowning signs. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of combined lung weight (LW) and lung-to-body ratio (LBR = LW/body weight × 1000) in differentiating drowning de...