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Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa

open access: yesEmerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2016
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays in follow-up of deaths.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

FORSETI: A visual analysis environment enabling provenance awareness for the accountability of e-autopsy reports

open access: yesVisual Informatics, 2022
Autopsy reports play a pivotal role in forensic science. Medical examiners (MEs) and diagnostic radiologists (DRs) cross-reference autopsy results in the form of autopsy reports, while judicial personnel derive legal documents from final autopsy reports.
Baoqing Wang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leukemia autopsies in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 1964
For the purpose to know whether the annual increase of leukemia incidence in Japan is due to some leukemogenic factors or due to the increased detection rate, the authors made some statistical survey of autopsy cases in which the diagnosis is reliable ...
Asakura, Hikaru   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Association between adiposity and systemic atherosclerosis: a protocol of a cross-sectional autopsy study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
IntroductionAdiposity has been associated with atherosclerosis in clinical studies. However, few autopsy studies have investigated this association, and they had only examined the coronary artery disease. Moreover, most studies had small sample sizes and
Campos, Fernanda Marinho   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Non-thrombotic Pulmonary Embolism Due to Liver Hydatic Cyst: A Case Report

open access: yesBalkan Medical Journal, 2017
Background: A non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism is defined as embolization to the pulmonary circulation. It may be caused by microorganisms, foreign bodies, different cell types or gas in the pulmonary circulation.
Ahmet Şahpaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION

open access: yesВестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2011
This article presents a retrospective analysis of infectious complications in the structure of morbidity and mortality of the patients underwent orthotopic heart transplantation. A significant role was assigned to the predisposing to in- fection factors.
Y. P. Ostrovsky   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usefulness of virtual autopsy in diagnosing pathologies in the paediatric population: A systematic review

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Objective: Virtual autopsy is a non-invasive/minimally invasive method for conducting an autopsy, with the assistance of imaging techniques. We aim to review the benefits of virtual autopsy in detecting pathologies in the paediatric population.
Chathula Ushari Wickramasinghe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of minimally invasive autopsy and ethnic background on acceptance of clinical postmortem investigation in adults.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectivesAutopsy rates worldwide have dropped significantly over the last five decades. Imaging based autopsies are increasingly used as alternatives to conventional autopsy (CA).
I M Wagensveld   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Cadaveric Skull Opening: A New Method of Autopsy Procedure

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
Background: Sawing of bone is an essential part of an autopsy procedure. An oscillating saw always generates noise, fine infectious dust particles, and the possibility of traumatic injuries, all of which can induce occupational hazard risks to autopsy ...
Arnon Jumlongkul, Panuwat Chutivongse
doaj   +1 more source

Community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) to measure and prevent maternal mortality: a pilot study in rural Malawi. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In Malawi, maternal mortality remains high. Existing maternal death reviews fail to adequately review most deaths, or capture those that occur outside the health system.
Bayley, O   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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