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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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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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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.
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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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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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Intestinal Metaplasia of Antral Superficial-foveolar Epithelium in Children with Atrophic Gastritis
Aim: Chronic gastritis (CG), being one of the most common digestive diseases, is frequently underestimated both by patients and clinicians. However, CG developed as early as in childhood, and often accompanied by Helicobacter pylori contamination of ...
Natalia Yurievna Shirokova +2 more
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ERRATUM: Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture
Due to copyediting error the article “Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture” (DOI https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.330), published in Autops. Case Rep, 11, 2021, was published with an error in the author's name in How to cite.
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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
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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
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