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Children’s death survey using death certificates in the Chiba prefecture

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2021
In recent years, Child Death Review (CDR) has attracted attention in Japan. It is necessary to consider not only hospital deaths but also out-of-hospital deaths.
Shumari Urabe, Kenji Ishihara, Fumiko Chiba, Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Hirotaro Iwase   +6 more
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Saving lives through certifying deaths: assessing the impact of two interventions to improve cause of death data in Perú

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Mortality statistics derived from cause of death data are an important source of information for population health monitoring, priority setting and planning.
Janet Miki, Rasika Rampatige, Nicola Richards, Tim Adair, Juan Cortez-Escalante, Javier Vargas-Herrera   +5 more
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Underlying cause of death identification from death certificates using reverse coding to text and a NLP based deep learning approach

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020
The identification of the underlying cause of death is a matter of primary importance and one of the most challenging issues in the setting of healthcare policy making. The World Health Organisation provides guidelines for death certificates coding using
Vincenzo Della Mea, Mihai Horia Popescu, Kevin Roitero   +2 more
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Trachoma-associated morbidity and mortality in Brazil: an ecological study focusing on hospitalization and mortality data, 2000−2022 [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is a neglected tropical disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The objective of this study was to analyze the trachoma-associated morbidity and mortality in Brazil from ...
Adjoane Maurício Silva Maciel, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Nádia Maria Girão Saraiva de Almeida, Manuella Maurício Silva Maciel, Taynara Lais Silva, Mirele Coelho Araújo, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +7 more
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Use of Electronic Death Certificates for Influenza Death Surveillance

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Surveillance for influenza deaths has been used to gauge the severity of influenza seasons. Traditional surveillance, which relies on medical records review and laboratory testing, might not be sustainable during a pandemic.
Elizabeth A. Bancroft, Sun Lee
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Cystic fibrosis-related mortality trends in Brazil for the 1999-2017 period: a multiple-cause-of-death study [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2021
Objective: To describe causes of death and mortality data related to cystic fibrosis (CF) using a multiple-cause-of-death methodology. Methods: Annual mortality data for the 1999-2017 period were extracted from the Brazilian National Ministry of Health ...
Augusto Hasiak Santo, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva-Filho   +1 more
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Autopsy and medical death certificates in deaths related to COVID-19

Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar, 2021
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest in the current century and the reason for numerous scientific works. In Cuba, the Temporary Group of Pathological Anatomy has been established to study the autopsies of those who died from COVID-19
José Domingo Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Teresita Montero González, Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales, Israel Borrajero Martínez, Virginia Capó de Paz, Laura López Marín, Carlos Domínguez Álvarez, Isisis Alonso Expósito, Vanessa Mazorra Ramos   +8 more
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Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment

Population Health Metrics, 2005
Background We aimed to determine optimal strategies for complete mortality ascertainment comparing death certificates and United States (US) Veterans Administration (VA) records.
Asch Steven M, Lorenz Karl A, Yano Elizabeth M, Wang Mingming, Rubenstein Lisa V   +4 more
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Autopsy histology data suggest cirrhosis is frequently under-reported on death certificates

Hepatology Communications, 2023
Background:. Cirrhosis may be asymptomatic yet contribute to ill health. Here, we studied how often cirrhosis is discovered first at an autopsy. We also examined how frequent this finding was not reported on formal death certificates. Methods:.
Hannes Hagström, Tracey G. Simon, Jonas Söderling, Jonas F. Ludvigsson   +3 more
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Maternal deaths databases analysis: Ecuador 2003-2013

Journal of Public Health Research, 2016
Background: Maternal mortality ratio in Ecuador is the only millennium goal on which national agencies are still making strong efforts to reach 2015 target.
Antonio Pino, María Albán, Alejandra Rivas, Erika Rodríguez   +3 more
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