Mihailovic, Zoran (6508333902)Zoran (6508333902)MihailovicAtanasijevic, Tatjana (6603042957)Tatjana (6603042957)AtanasijevicPopovic, Vesna (57202715640)Vesna (57202715640)PopovicMilosevic, Miroslav B. (37104597000)Miroslav B. (37104597000)MilosevicSperhake, Jan P. (6701570032)Jan P. (6701570032)Sperhake2025-06-122025-06-122012https://doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e31826627d0https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84870359620&doi=10.1097%2fPAF.0b013e31826627d0&partnerID=40&md5=a6b0336a3e9e54c95e72486cc1c399cfhttps://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/9354The relationship between the postmortem interval and the potassium concentration in the vitreous humor has been described by different authors. A limitation of most previous studies might be that all of the vitreous humor has been extracted in 1 sample from different subjects and that the sample was therefore inhomogeneous. In 32 traumatic deaths with known postmortem intervals, small quantities of vitreous humor have been sampled repetitively in 3-hour interval. The bodies were stored at 20°C. The average concentrations of potassium in relation to the postmortem interval were 6.11 to 14.46 mmol/L. An equation that allows accurate prediction of the postmortem interval was established: postmortem interval (h) = 2.749 × [K] - 11.978. Copyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.autopsyPostmortem biochemistrypostmortem intervalpotassiumvitreous humor