Autopsy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Time trends in fungal infections as a cause of death in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: an autopsy study.

30 Oct 2009 Infectious complications remain an important cause of death in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We undertook a 20-year (1988-2007) retrospective review of all autopsies performed on HSCT recipients in our institution, with ... Read more...

[Cardiac arrest in child caused by button battery in the oesophagus and complicated by aorto-oesophageal fistula]

17 Oct 2009 Ingestion of button battery can result in serious complications if the battery becomes lodged in the oesophagus. We report a case of a 14-month-old child who died from exanguination due to aorto-oesophageal fistula caused by a lithium button battery ... Read more...

Bacterial coinfections in lung tissue specimens from fatal cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) - United States, May-August 2009.

30 Sep 2009 In previous influenza pandemics, studies of autopsy specimens have shown that most deaths attributed to influenza A virus infection occurred concurrently with bacterial pneumonia, but such evidence has been lacking for 2009 pandemic influenza A ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Autopsy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Time trends in fungal infections as a cause of death in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: an autopsy study. 30 Oct 2009
• Neural grafts in Huntington's disease: viability after 10 years. 30 Oct 2009
• [Cardiac arrest in child caused by button battery in the oesophagus and complicated by aorto-oesophageal fistula] 17 Oct 2009
• Bacterial coinfections in lung tissue specimens from fatal cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) - United States, May-August 2009. 30 Sep 2009
• Diabetic microangiopathy in the liver: an autopsy study of incidence and association with other diabetic complications. 29 Sep 2009
• Increased neuronal proliferation in human bacterial meningitis. 27 Sep 2009
• [Frequency of forensic autopsies after deaths in road traffic accidents] 22 Sep 2009
• [Sudden unexpected death--hypertrophic cardiomyopathy--genetically verified post-mortem] 19 Sep 2009
• The 18F-FDG PET cingulate island sign and comparison to 123I-beta-CIT SPECT for diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies. 14 Sep 2009
• Pathologic findings in retinal pigment epithelial cell implantation for Parkinson disease. 31 Aug 2009
• Autopsy investigation of neurodegenerative disease transplant patients: hindsight is 20/20. 31 Aug 2009
• An unusual autopsy case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by periodontal bacteria. 30 Aug 2009
• Cytomorphologic manifestations of Alzheimer's disease using brain squash smears: an autopsy study with histology-cytology correlation. 30 Aug 2009
• Ciliated adenocarcinoma of the ovary with evidence of serous differentiation: report of a case. 30 Aug 2009
• Quadrigeminal arachnoid cysts in a kitten and a dog. 30 Aug 2009
• Peribiliary cyst of common bile duct: possible cause of refractory jaundice. 30 Aug 2009
• Experimental evaluation of the JenaClip transcatheter aortic valve. 30 Aug 2009
• Lethal poisoning with ethiofencarb and ethanol. 30 Aug 2009
• Determination of digoxin and digitoxin in whole blood. 30 Aug 2009
• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-related deaths in Taiwan: 2001-2008. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Autopsy'

Definition: Postmortem examination of the body.

Descriptor UI: D001344

Alternative terms: Autopsy; Autopsies;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; methods; standards; veterinary;

Tree Number: E05.070; I01.198.780.937.120;

Technical Notes: NIM; no qualif when NIM; when IM, qualif permitted; not an automatic routine coord for postmortem pathol ( = /pathol): discussion must be on autopsy as a procedure