openalexPLoS ONE2026-07-23
Integrated machine learning for cause-of-death classification and postmortem interval prediction: Liver and kidney metabolomics from seawater-immersed rat cadavers
Jianghuan Lu, Yuzhao Xu, Siqi Chen, Zhiao Duan, Yixin Ma, Xiaoshi Qin, et al.
PURPOSE: To assess whether liver and kidney metabolomics combined with machine learning can distinguish seawater drowning from postmortem submersion after CO2 euthanasia and estimate postmortem interval (PMI) under controlled conditions. METHODS: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats we…