EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Postmortem interval (PMI) is the period of time since death occurs till the discovery of dead bodies. It is most of the time an estimation rather than a determination. It is usually written as a summary of minimum period or with a range estimated and can be given over a period of hours, weeks, months or years.

Detailed explanation-2: -The time elapsed from the moment of death until a corpse is discovered is also known as the postmortem interval, or PMI.

Detailed explanation-3: -Algor mortis has been used as a measure of the postmortem interval (PMI). We prospectively recorded the core temperatures of 19 adult bodies entering our morgue cooler and at 3, 6, and 9 h of refrigeration. We then compared the cooling rate with the calculated body mass index (BMI).

Detailed explanation-4: -The time between death and finding a body is called the post-mortem interval (PMI). Determining the PMI is important, because having a time frame can help with the identification of the human remains and contribute to investigate the possible causes of death [1].

Detailed explanation-5: -The post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time that has elapsed since an individual’s death. When the time of death is not known, the interval may be estimated, and so an approximate time of death established.