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The association between taking a death certificate course and practical knowledge about death certificate among Saudi medical students

open access: diamondQuality in Sport, 2022
In Saudi Arabia, family members, general practitioners, morticians, or police officer, who are eligible to request autopsies, refrain from doing so to expedite the burial of the deceased.
Walery Zukow   +5 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Death certificate: admitting uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesAutopsy and Case Reports, 2018
Luiz Otávio Savassi Rocha
doaj   +2 more sources

COVID-19 as cause of death: a bridge coding study [PDF]

open access: yesGMS Infectious Diseases
Background: The number of COVID-19 deaths is an important measure for the impact of the pandemic. However, estimates differ and fuel the debate on COVID-19 as legitimate cause of death.
Peter Harteloh
doaj   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overall and cause-specific mortality in patients with dementia: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2023
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES: Information regarding the underlying causes of death (UCODs) and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of dementia is instrumental in formulating medical strategies to prolong life in persons with dementia (PWD).
Chia-Lun Kuo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Death Certification [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1998
To determine location, manner, and physician certifier of pediatric deaths.A descriptive study of death certificate information for all child deaths (aged birth through 17 years) for the years 1995 and 1996.Urban county of more than 780,000 population.Field of specialty of physician certifiers, location of death, and category of deaths certified by the
K A, Bowen, W N, Marshall
openaire   +2 more sources

Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report

open access: yesJournal of General and Family Medicine, 2023
Background There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan. Method We used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death ...
Nobuyuki Kajiwara   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of using death certificates for studying place of death in Latin America

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. This paper assesses the availability and quality of death certificate data in Latin America and the feasibility of using these data to study place of death and associated factors. Methods.
Katja Seitz   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Persistent Southern Disadvantage in Us Early Life Mortality, 1965‒2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Recent studies of US adult mortality demonstrate a growing disadvantage among southern states. Few studies have examined long-term trends and geographic patterns in US early life (ages 1 to 24) mortality, ages at which key risk factors and ...
Braudt, David B.   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Death certificates underestimate infections as proximal causes of death in the U.S. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Death certificates are a primary data source for assessing the population burden of diseases; however, there are concerns regarding their accuracy. Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) coding of a terminal hospitalization may provide an alternative view.
Sushant Govindan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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