Vitreous Fluid and/or Urine Glucose Concentrations in 1,335 Civil Aviation Accident Pilot Fatalities

Botch SR, Chaturvedi AK, Canfield DV, Forster EM

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine - Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

关键词: Forensic Science;    Toxicology;    Glucose;    Hemoglobin A_1c;    Fatalities;    Civil Aviation Accident Investigation;   

RP-ID  :  DOT/FAA/AM-08/11

美国|英语

来源: Federal Aviation Administration

【 摘 要 】

For aviation accident investigations at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), vitreous fluid and urine samples from pilot fatalities are analyzed for glucose, and in those cases wherein glucose levels are elevated, blood hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) is measured. These analyses are conducted to monitor diabetic pilots to ensure that their disease was in control at the time of accidents and to discover other pilots with undiagnosed and unreported diabetes.