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Analysis of Errors on Death Certificate for Trauma Related Death [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2019
Purpose This study was to investigate errors of death certificate (DC) issued for patients with trauma. Methods A retrospective review for DC issued after death related to trauma at a training hospital trauma center was conducted.
Jun Hyuk Chang, Sun Hyu Kim, Hyeji Lee, Byungho Choi   +3 more
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The interpretation of COVID-19 in cause-of-death statistics: a matter of causality

GMS Infectious Diseases
Background: Mortality is an important indicator for estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, different registrations provide different figures and the question is how to interpret the number of COVID-19 deaths reported.
Harteloh, Peter P. M.
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Concordance between the underlying causes of death on death certificates written by three emergency physicians [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Objective This study was conducted to evaluate the concordance between the underlying causes of death (UCOD) on the death certificates written by three emergency physicians (EPs).
Hyeji Lee, Sun Hyu Kim, Byungho Choi, Minsu Ock, Eun Ji Park   +4 more
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Unifying the death notification form: Recommendations by the Saudi Health Council task force

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2021
الملخص: أهداف البحث: تعد نماذج الإبلاغ عن الوفاة وإصدار الشهادات جزءا أساسيا من سياسات الرعاية الصحية للبلد. هناك العديد من التحديات المتعلقة بالإبلاغ عن الوفيات وإصدار الشهادات في المملكة العربية السعودية.
Khaldoon Aljerian, FRCPC, Rimah A. Almohammed, MSPH, Taghred M. Alghaith, PhD, Quds Al-Saffer, MPH, Nahar M. Alazmi, SBFM, Ahmed S. BaHammam, FRCPC   +5 more
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Epidemiological analysis on death cases of pneumoconiosis during 1959‒2019 in Chongming District of Shanghai

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022
ObjectiveTo study the epidemiological characteristics of deaths due to pneumoconiosis and its complications in order to improve the prevention and management of pneumoconiosis.MethodsThe pneumoconiosis deaths who died during 1959‒2019 in Chongming ...
WANG Jinxiang, MA Jiying, MA Wendi, YANG Feng, QU Jing   +4 more
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[Multiple causes of death].

Revista de saude publica, 1972
The analysis of some public health problems, relating to diseases, is chiefly made through mortality statistics. Information obtained by this way make references only to the underlying cause of death. It is recognized, however, that the underlying cause of death, in the majority of the cases, is not sufficient for preventive precedences.
Laurenti, Ruy, Silveira, Maria Helena
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Intracranial injuries in the autopsy material of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical University of Lodz with analysis of anatomical lesions caused by traumatic brain injuries

Translational Research in Anatomy
Background: In 2022, 408 autopsies were performed in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Lodz Medical University, of which as many as 82 concerned deaths with intracranial injuries, which represents about 20 % of all performed autopsies.
Anna Smędra, Jarosław Berent, Edward Clarke, Jakub Dębski, Andrzej Żytkowski   +4 more
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A Cross-sectional Study on the Pattern of Skull Fractures in Fatal Two-wheeler Road Traffic Accidents at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeastern India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Death due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in a developing country like India. As there is a paucity of literature on the nature and type of injuries in RTAs in the locality of Upper ...
Nabajit Barman, Gobil Thapa, Swagata Dowerah   +2 more
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Mortality risk and causes of death in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

Respiratory Research, 2019
Background All-cause mortality risk and causes of death in bronchiectasis patients have not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to compare the mortality risk and causes of death between individuals with bronchiectasis and those without ...
Sooim Sin, Seo Young Yun, Jee Min Kim, Chang Min Park, Jaeyoung Cho, Sun Mi Choi, Jinwoo Lee, Young Sik Park, Sang-Min Lee, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Chang-Hoon Lee   +12 more
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India and the problem of “needless autopsies”

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018
The primary aim of autopsy is to ascertain the cause of death. The autopsies performed worldwide are mostly medico-legal or clinical. In India, 'needless autopsies' are conducted widely causing waste of already limited resources.
Tanuj Kanchan, Kewal Krishan, Alok Atreya, Neelam Dehal   +3 more
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