Comparison of physician-certified verbal autopsy with computer-coded verbal autopsy for cause of death assignment in hospitalized patients in low- and middle-income countries : systematic review [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) methods to assign causes of death (CODs) for medically unattended deaths have been proposed as an alternative to physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA).
Leitao, Jordana +27 more
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Visual 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
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Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining malaria deaths in different epidemiological settings in Uganda. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) procedures can be used to estimate cause of death in settings with inadequate vital registries. However, the sensitivity of VA for determining malaria-specific mortality may be low, and may vary with transmission intensity.
Sarah G Staedke +31 more
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ERRATUM: Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2022 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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Emerging 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
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Verbal autopsy completion rate and factors associated with undetermined cause of death in a rural resource-poor setting of Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 UNLABELLED\ud \ud ABSTRACT:\ud \ud BACKGROUND\ud \ud Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used tool to assign probable cause of death in areas with inadequate vital registration systems.
Mwanyangala Mathew A +26 more
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ERRATUM: Partial retraction of “Dyskeratosis congenita” [Autops Case Rep 10(3) (2020) e2020203]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2022 Due to a desktop publishing error, the partial retraction notice “Partial retraction of “Dyskeratosis congenita” [Autops Case Rep 10(3) (2020) e2020203]” (DOI https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.341), published in Autops. Case Rep.
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Non-thrombotic Pulmonary Embolism Due to Liver Hydatic Cyst: A Case Report
Balkan 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
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INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION
Вестник 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.
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Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24,000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Physician-coded verbal autopsy (PCVA) is the most widely used method to determine causes of death (CODs) in countries where medical certification of death is uncommon.
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