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Risks of suicide among family members of suicide victims: A nationwide sample of South Korea
ObjectiveIdentifying the risks of completed suicide in suicide survivors is essential for policies supporting family members of suicide victims. We aimed to determine the suicide risk of suicide survivors and identify the number of suicides per 100,000 ...
Jihoon Jang+18 more
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Analysis of the role of autopsy teaching in the context of precision medicine [PDF]
Autopsy is the foundation of general anatomy teaching and learning, and an indispensable part of medical education, and anatomy is the cornerstone of medical courses.
Fan Yan, Feng Chengan
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Undertaking cause-specific mortality measurement in an unregistered population: an example from Tigray Region, Ethiopia [PDF]
Background: The lack of adequate documentation of deaths, and particularly their cause, is often noted in African and Asian settings, but practical solutions for addressing the problem are not always clear.
Hagos Godefay+4 more
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Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of death [PDF]
Background: Understanding how lay people perceive the causes of mortality and their associated risk factors is important for public health. In resource-limited settings, where verbal autopsy (VA) is used as the most expedient method of determining cause ...
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb+4 more
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Background: Because the suicide mortality depends on the lethality of suicide methods, the identification and prediction of suicide methods are important for suicide prevention.Methods: Examination data of suicide decedents were collected based on police
Hyewon Kim+8 more
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ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A PUERPERA: A CASE REPORT
We report a lethal case of acute myocardial infarction in a puerpera. Cardiovascular diseases rank as the leading causes of mortality during pregnancy and the postpartum period, with myocardial infarction (MI) being a rare yet frequently fatal occurrence.
B. M. Fylenko+4 more
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Physiological Effects of Whey- and Milk-Based Probiotic Yogurt in Rats [PDF]
In an in vitro experiment commercially available probiotic products were tested for the survival of bacteria under conditions of simulated human digestion either when used alone or mixed into yogurt.
Judit Szabó-Fodor+9 more
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Heroin Body Packer’s Death in Shiraz, Iran; a Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Background: Intra-corporeal concealment of illicit drugs known as ‘body packing’ is uncommonly reported. These drugs mainly comprise opium, heroin, cocaine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), amphetamines, and marijuana or hashish. Body packers
Nahid Najafi, Mahmoud Montazeri
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ERRATUM: [Article Partial Retraction] Dyskeratosis congenita
Due to a desktop publishing error, the retraction notice added to article “Dyskeratosis congenita” (DOI https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2020.203), published in Autops. Case Rep. 10 (3); 2020, was published with an error.
Autopsy and Case Reports
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Background: Knowing the cause of stillbirth is of paramount importance for bereaved parents and fetal autopsy is one of the key investigations aimed at providing explanation about the fetal death.
Laura Avagliano+3 more
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