Citation

Yu Z, Yuan Y, Zhang J, Li Y, Wang Z, Wang Y, Duan Y, Zhou Y. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2024; 70: e102478.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102478

PMID

38959585

Abstract

Insulin, as the only hypoglycemic hormone in the body, plays a key role in blood sugar control. However, excessive insulin intake can lead to insulin poisoning and even death, which often occurs in clinical and forensic work. At present, some researches on insulin poisoning have been carried out at home and abroad, however, it seems that the mechanism and forensic characteristics of insulin poisoning are not clear and complete. Therefore, in this paper, we reviewed the potential mechanism of insulin poisoning, the methods of insulin detection and the forensic identification of poisoning cases, aiming at providing services for the forensic identification of insulin poisoning.

Language: en

Keywords

Review; Forensic pathology; Forensic toxicology analysis; Insulin poisoning