洛杉矶县首席验尸官奥德·乌克波向美联社介绍了该机构处理各类死亡案件的尸检程序，强调了无论死者身份如何，调查流程保持一致。1
乌克波以演员马修·派瑞的案例说明了验尸机构的工作原理。派瑞于2023年10月死亡，验尸官将其死因判定为急性凯他命中毒，同时将溺水列为次要因素。1乌克波解释道："医学验尸官从不将死亡认证为过量。"1他进一步阐述了这一判断的逻辑："如果不是凯他命的作用，他会陷入无意识状态，无法自救吗？"1
验尸报告中不使用"过量"一词的做法反映了医学验尸机构对语言表述的严谨性。乌克波指出，毒理学检测需要耗费较长时间，这是由于血液样本处理的复杂性以及对检测结果确定性的严格要求。1他举例说明，在某些案例中如Celeste Rivas Hernandez一案，死后的细菌可能产生酒精，需要通过确认测试来排除这种干扰因素。1
Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Ode Ukpo outlined how his office determines causes of death regardless of a person's prominence, explaining the reasoning behind conclusions in cases involving celebrities and the general public alike 1.
Discussing the October 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry, Ukpo clarified why his office ruled acute ketamine intoxication as the primary cause rather than drowning 1. He noted that toxicology testing requires extended time due to the complexity of blood sample processing and the need for absolute certainty in results 1.
Ukpo emphasized that medical examiners never certify a death as an overdose 1. Instead, they document the specific toxic substance involved. Regarding Perry's case, he posed the investigative question: "But for the ketamine, would he have been out of it and unable to rescue himself?" 1
The chief medical examiner also addressed complications that can arise during toxicology work, citing the example of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose post-mortem bacterial activity produced alcohol that required confirmatory testing to rule out as an interfering factor 1.
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