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The contribution of autopsy in COVID-19 pandemic: Missed opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2020
‘Autopsy studies are for the living and not the dead!’ This statement underlines the central role of autopsy studies in refining and informing the medical and forensic science body of knowledge.Significant outbreaks, like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ...
William F. Mawalla
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The hospital autopsy: the importance in keeping autopsy an option

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2022
Autopsy has been one of the most powerful diagnostic tools in medicine for over a century. Despite its importance in establishing cause of death and elucidating pathophysiology of disease, rates of hospital autopsies continue to decline.
Rachel Scarl, Bryce Parkinson, Vidya Arole, Tanner Hardy, Patricia Allenby   +4 more
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Report and Recommendations of the Association of Pathology Chairs’ Autopsy Working Group

Academic Pathology, 2018
Autopsy has been a foundation of pathology training for many years, but hospital autopsy rates are notoriously low. At the 2014 meeting of the Association of Pathology Chairs, some pathologists suggested removing autopsy from the training curriculum of ...
Gregory G. Davis MD, MSPH, Gayle L. Winters MD, Billie S. Fyfe MD, Jody E. Hooper MD, Julia C. Iezzoni MD, Rebecca L. Johnson MD, Priscilla S. Markwood CAE, Wesley Y. Naritoku MD, PhD, Marcus Nashelsky MD, Barbara A. Sampson MD, PhD, Jacob J. Steinberg MD, James R. Stubbs MD, Charles Timmons MD, PhD, Robert D. Hoffman MD, PhD   +13 more
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Molecular Genetic Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Patients with HIV-Associated Tuberculosis

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких
The objective: to provide molecular genetic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis.Subjects and Methods. Two groups of M.
A. A. Gerasimova, A. A. Vyazovaya, M. Yu. Mayskaya, A. M. Panteleev, I. V. Mokrousov   +4 more
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THE AIDS PATIENT SUFFERING FROM GENERALIZED MYCOBACTERIOSIS

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2015
The clinical case of mycobacteriosis caused by drug resistant strains of M. avium (subspecies of hominissuis), was observed in the patient su}ering from HIV at the stage of AIDS.
T. F. Otten, N. V. Fomenkova, M. Yu. Mayskaya, O. N. Leonova, B. M. Ariel'   +4 more
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Diagnostic value of virtual autopsy using pm-MRI at 3T on malformed second trimester fetuses vs classic autopsy.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectiveTo determine the diagnostic value of virtual autopsy using post mortem-MRI (pm-MRI) at 3Tesla (T) compared to classic autopsy for the confirmation of fetal structural anomalies and secondly to establish which cases of termination of pregnancy ...
Adelina Staicu, Camelia Albu, Roxana Popa-Stanila, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Ioana Cristina Rotar, Florin Stamatian, Daniel Muresan   +6 more
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Medicolegal autopsy administration

Medicine Science, 2018
The term autopsy which means “seeing with one’s own eyes” origins from the words ‘’auto’’ and ‘’opsis’’. There are two types of autopsy as medical and forensic autopsies.
Zeynep Yener
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How does Fetal Autopsy after Pregnancy Loss or Termination for Anomalies and other Complications Change Recurrence Risk?

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2019
Objective Historically, fetal autopsy was common after terminations for anomalies. Previous studies report that fetal autopsy confirms ultrasound findings in the majority of cases.
Arianna Cassidy, Claire Herrick, Mary E. Norton, Philip C. Ursell, Juan Vargas, Jennifer L. Kerns   +5 more
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Both Autopsy and Computed Tomography Are Necessary for Accurately Detecting Rib Fractures Due to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Diagnostics, 2020
Few studies have compared the sensitivities of autopsy and post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) in detecting rib fractures caused by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Kunio Hamanaka, Kei Nishiyama, Mami Nakamura, Marin Takaso, Masahito Hitosugi   +4 more
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Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a verbal autopsy study in rural Uganda found that half of adult ...
Mugisha Joseph O, Kibengo Freddie M, Nalweyiso Norah, Baisley Kathy, Mayanja Billy N, Van der Paal Lieve, Maher Dermot, Kaleebu Pontiano   +7 more
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