Determine autopsy. Medical search. Frequent questions

We spoke with epidemiologist LCDR Erin Nichols about one of the program's more ambitious projects: verbal autopsy. (cdc.gov)
Q. How did the verbal autopsy project come about, and who you will be working with? (cdc.gov)
For those other deaths, we go to verbal autopsy. (cdc.gov)
Verbal autopsy involves an interview with a caregiver of a deceased person to get information about signs and symptoms experienced by the deceased around the time of death. (cdc.gov)
I think the first verbal autopsies were done 30 to 40 years ago using nonstandard forms. (cdc.gov)
In 2007, WHO came out with verbal autopsy standards. (cdc.gov)
Until now, verbal autopsy has really been used in areas of research, in demographic surveillance sites, or where there's a specific targeted interest, like maternal deaths. (cdc.gov)
They invited experts in verbal autopsy from around the world to come to Geneva [Switzerland] and talk about their experiences. (cdc.gov)
So in July 2012, WHO released a new verbal autopsy candidate for routine use. (cdc.gov)
We work very closely, through work on the International Classification of Diseases, with the same partners at WHO that are doing this verbal autopsy work. (cdc.gov)
Through our civil registration and vital statistics improvement project, we're able to provide field-testing sites for the 2012 verbal autopsy instrument. (cdc.gov)
Verbal autopsy" - and not systematic medical certification - was used to determine the cause of death in the study. (medscape.com)
Verbal autopsy (VA) through face-to-face interviews with caregivers is a way to determine cause of death without medical certification. (who.int)

The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal. (wikipedia.org)
It was 2016, and the autopsy reports had been given to him by lawyers representing inmates on death row. (kosu.org)
Drs. Joel Zivot (left) and Mark Edgar, of Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, first found evidence of pulmonary edema in inmate autopsies in 2016. (kosu.org)

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) describes a sudden death with negative autopsy and toxicological analysis. (ojp.gov)

This book also deals with medico legal autopsy and Toxicology. (researchgate.net)
Police are waiting toxicology and autopsy reports. (wilx.com)

This study investigated the clinical utility and combined yield of post-mortem genetic testing (molecular autopsy) in cases of SADS and comprehensive clinical evaluation of surviving relatives. (ojp.gov)
The yield of combined molecular autopsy and clinical evaluation in 82 surviving families was evaluated. (ojp.gov)
Combining molecular autopsy with clinical evaluation in surviving families increased diagnostic yield from 26 percent to 39 percent. (ojp.gov)
The test is not specific to a particular condition, which means that doctors have to use the results alongside other clinical information to make an accurate diagnosis and determine whether or not the individual has a disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
To determine the proper role of human clinical investigation, including autopsy, in public health research policy. (nih.gov)
Declining federal support for human clinical research in general, and autopsy in particular, party reflects the popular view that laboratory experimentation-especially that performed on nonhuman animals-can reliably model human conditions. (nih.gov)
SIDS is 'the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history' (1). (cdc.gov)

Methods: The study involved medicolegal cases, where the cause of death was unclear and autopsy examination was mandated by law. (lu.se)

The man charged with murder in the 2017 killing of his on-again, off-again girlfriend was in court Thursday, where the medical examiner who completed the autopsy described his findings. (news4jax.com)
The newly released records underscored the findings of an earlier preliminary investigation by the NTSB that determined all five crew members were asleep on the top deck when the blaze broke out about 3 a.m., despite a requirement that the boat have a roving night watch. (latimes.com)
Our findings, through mid-June 2014, are that unusual trace and major elements were present in autopsy tissues among individuals who died in 2008-2009 and that concentrations of these elements appear to be correlated with interview-based estimates of WTC exposure. (cdc.gov)
The autopsy findings were quite striking and unambiguous," says Zivot. (kosu.org)
The aim of the current study was to present the lung and heart pathological findings of COVID-19-positive autopsies performed in Jordan. (lu.se)

When the body of 3-year-old Indian toddler Sherin Mathews reached the morgue, maggots had eaten her internal organs, the doctor who performed the autopsy on the toddler in 2017 has told jurors in Dallas, Texas. (deccanchronicle.com)
Dr Elizabeth Ventura, the forensic pathologist who performed Sherin's autopsy in October 2017, testified on Tuesday about her conclusions in the toddler's death. (deccanchronicle.com)

they present their results along with follow-up discussion and comparison with previous next-generation sequencing molecular autopsy studies, noting observed warning symptoms before death, cardiomyopathy-associated variants in SADS, and study limitations. (ojp.gov)
Molecular autopsy for electrical disorder and cardiomyopathy genes, using ACMG guidelines for variant classification, identified a modest but realistic yield in SADS. (ojp.gov)
Autopsy remains an invaluable complement to evolving molecular biology techniques. (nih.gov)

Further examination of the cloth determines that the markings refer to Leviticus 20:27, which condemns witches, and the year 1693, the date of the Salem witch trials. (wikipedia.org)
Autopsy examination is an invaluable tool to understand the pathogenesis of emerging infections and their consequent mortalities. (lu.se)
Conclusions: The detection of SARS-CoV-2 in postmortem examination can be an incidental or contributory finding which highlights the value of autopsy examination to determine the exact cause of death in controversial cases. (lu.se)

According to the autopsy report performed on Michel Castro, it was determined that the cause of his death was a third-degree head trauma to the back of the head. (outandaboutpv.com)
The cause of the boy's death is expected to be determined once an autopsy is complete. (reddeerexpress.com)
An initial autopsy couldn't determine the cause of death. (newser.com)
Autopsies are examinations of deceased persons performed to determine the cause of death. (theepochtimes.com)
The autopsy determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound. (newzjunky.com)
Whitney Houston Autopsy: Cause of Death Determined? (theboombox.com)
autopsy and causes of Death. (researchgate.net)
An autopsy to determine the cause of death is pending. (go.com)
Jaradat died on Saturday of what Israeli officials said was a heart attack while imprisoned at Megiddo Prison, but the Palestinian Authority was quick to lay the blame at Israel's feet, following the report of a Palestinian pathologist who attended the Sunday autopsy and determined Jaradat had been tortured to death and had not died of cardiac arrest. (timesofisrael.com)
The forensic institute will continue to conduct examinations in order to determine Jaradat's cause of death. (timesofisrael.com)
A subsequent autopsy determined her cause of death was strangulation. (cbsnews.com)
The State Medical Examiner determined Mollie's death resulted from multiple sharp force injuries. (kcrg.com)
VIDEO: The Alabama medical examiner was unable to determine either the cause or manner of death for 5-year-old Taylor Rose Williams, the Jacksonville girl whose remains were found in a wooded area of Marengo County. (news4jax.com)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Alabama medical examiner was unable to determine either the cause or manner of death for 5-year-old Taylor Rose Williams, the Jacksonville girl whose remains were found in a wooded area of Marengo County on Nov. 12, six days after her mother reported her missing and possibly kidnapped from their Brentwood home. (news4jax.com)
Given that the autopsy did not determine the cause or manner of death, she likely never will be. (news4jax.com)
Ventura said she could not determine how Sherin died as the body was too decomposed to get an official cause of death. (deccanchronicle.com)
Ventura said that due to the decomposition of the child's vital organs like the heart and lungs, she was unable to perform an internal autopsy and determine her cause of death. (deccanchronicle.com)
Sherin's body was too decomposed to determine any other medical conditions at the time of her death, she said. (deccanchronicle.com)
The cause of death has not yet been determined. (wilx.com)
This study will determine if World Trade Center (WTC)-related trace elements can be identified in tissues of individuals at their times of death in 2007-2012. (cdc.gov)
The interviews took about 45 minutes and required physicians to review the results and determine cause of death. (cdc.gov)
It has even made its way to the Supreme Court, where lawyers for inmates on federal death row have used autopsies to argue that lethal injection protocols constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. (kosu.org)
An autopsy determined M.S.' death was caused by acute fentanyl intoxication. (justice.gov)
No cause of death has been determined, and an autopsy is pending. (baltimoresun.com)
NIOSH investigators, however, cannot definitively determine whether the physical exertion played a role in his death. (cdc.gov)
A Necropsy is mostly used like an autopsy to determine cause of death. (elephant.se)
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of his death. (kxan.com)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (also known as crib death) is the most frequently determined cause of SUIDs. (cdc.gov)
however, autopsy protocols vary by death investigation jurisdiction (which can consist of a county, district, or state) (2). (cdc.gov)
appropriate officials should ensure that victims of traumatic occupational fatalities receive an autopsy to determine the specific pathophysiologic circumstances of the death. (cdc.gov)
Using the RAMOS methodology, all possible deaths among women of reproductive age using multiple sources to identify the cause of death were identified and then which of those decedents died during pregnancy or in the year after pregnancy were determined. (who.int)
Results: Seventeen autopsies were included, with male predominance (76.5%), Jordanians (70.6%), and 50 years as the mean age at time of death. (lu.se)
However, this was determined to be an artifactual finding, which had been caused by the action of bowel bacteria upon the mucosa after the patient's death. (cdc.gov)
the questionnaire is then sent to a physician for is determined by a police officer or the decedent's cause of death determination. (who.int)
The determined cause of death was questions. (who.int)
the importance of perinatal autopsy and the shortcomings of modern technology in the diagnosis and determination of the cause of death. (bvsalud.org)
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) is an alternative to complete autopsy for determining causes of death. (cdc.gov)

The study enables a population projection of mortality from the autopsy data. (medscape.com)
The main objective of this study was to investigate the causes of deaths among the identified maternal deaths at the community level using the RAMOS in all households in which a women of reproductive age died and to determine all direct, indirect, late and pregnancy related maternal mortality in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran during one year (March 2013 to March 2014). (who.int)

5. Perform an autopsy on all on-duty fire fighter fatalities. (cdc.gov)

The investigation is still ongoing pending identification of the body, notification of family, and autopsy results. (wilx.com)
Because these criteria are often not met and because practices for case investigation vary in the United States, efforts to determine the cause of and risk factors for SIDS have been hampered. (cdc.gov)

An autopsy determined he died of gunshot wounds. (radioiowa.com)

OGDENSBURG, NY - On August 11, 2023, an autopsy was conducted at Canton-Potsdam Hospital on Shawn G. Sheridan, by Pathologist, Doctor Scott Lapoint. (newzjunky.com)

Psychological autopsy examiner. (utah.gov)
The medical examiner, frankly, probably didn't have enough to determine if there was abuse suffered on the child, so that by itself probably isn't going to be the most beneficial evidence for the state. (news4jax.com)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is refusing to release the results of autopsies conducted on people who died after getting COVID-19 vaccines. (theepochtimes.com)
People make the choice to submit autopsy results to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, Witczak noted. (theepochtimes.com)
The spokesperson declined to say whether the FDA would ever release the autopsy results, but pointed to a paper authored by researchers with the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (theepochtimes.com)
The preliminary results of Arafat Jaradat's autopsy reveal no signs of violence or poisoning, Israeli pathologists revealed Thursday, contradicting previous statements by a Palestinian doctor who attended the procedure. (timesofisrael.com)
State police in Jackson are awaiting autopsy results after a body was found in a burned vehicle this week. (wilx.com)
NPR reviewed more than 200 inmate autopsies and found similar results in 84% of the cases. (kosu.org)
As of Monday afternoon, the autopsy results were still pending. (kxan.com)
Results were correlated to determine overall pathologic and etiologic diagnoses and to guide interpretation of TAC results. (cdc.gov)

Were trace elements from WTC-contaminants released on 9/11/2001 still present in tissues of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees who died and were autopsied in 2007-2012? (cdc.gov)
Do trace element concentrations in the tissues of autopsied WTCHR decedents correlate with interview-based estimates of exposure? (cdc.gov)
To test this hypothesis, we are collecting tissues from ~88 WTC Health Registry (WTCHR)-enrollees who died in 2007-2012 in ways that required autopsy and from ~ 62 matched 'community control autopsies. (cdc.gov)
In pursuit of this goal, we are measuring trace and major elements in tissues obtained from individuals enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) who died and were autopsied in 2007-2012. (cdc.gov)

When comparing differential expression (DE) genes in the autopsy samples of men and women who had had MDD, 633 of 706 transcripts were found in those from men only, and 809 of 882 transcripts were found in those from women only. (medscape.com)

His autopsy - a section of the report is shown here - showed significant pulmonary edema and lungs that were nearly twice as heavy as would be expected. (kosu.org)

Investigators want to determine whether Allen fell because he was suffering from some sort of ailment. (tucsoncitizen.com)
Investigators determined that Mei was driving south on Route 50 when he struck Johnson. (dailygazette.com)
Investigators determined Johnson was in the roadway when the crash occurred, officials said. (dailygazette.com)

Cops are awaiting the autopsy report to find out whether the accused sexually assaulted the victim before killing her. (shortnews247.com)
Last month, an autopsy report revealed that Whitney Houston died Feb. 11 due to 'drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use,' according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. (theboombox.com)
The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences autopsy report, obtained by News4Jax on Tuesday, found no evidence of trauma or significant disease and no drugs were found in her system. (news4jax.com)
Complicating the issue of determining how Sherin died was the absence of other evidence, including the clothes that Mathews washed before calling to report his daughter missing. (deccanchronicle.com)

Tommy and Austin perform the autopsy and quickly become confused. (wikipedia.org)

The refusal was issued to The Epoch Times, which submitted a Freedom of Information Act for all autopsy reports obtained by the FDA concerning any deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System following COVID-19 vaccination. (theepochtimes.com)
Autopsies can be an important part of postmortem analysis and should be done especially with increased deaths following COVID-19 vaccination," Witczak said. (theepochtimes.com)

ST. CLAIR SHORES (WWJ) - An autopsy is planned for an elderly man who was found dead inside a portable toilet that he might have been living in for months. (cbsnews.com)
Eventually, Zivot and Edgar found pulmonary edema occurring in about three-quarters of more than three dozen autopsy reports they gathered. (kosu.org)
In the immediate vicinity of the body, law enforcement officers found a tied-off plastic bag that contained a white powdery substance that was determined to be fentanyl. (justice.gov)
The autopsy found that Adams had an "unusually severe" form of the disease. (go.com)

Although many pathologists appreciate the research value of autopsies, many other physicians do not. (nih.gov)

Men and women with major depressive disorder (MDD) have opposite genetic mechanisms that contribute to the condition, a new brain autopsy study shows. (medscape.com)

and assist researchers in accurately determining the cause of and risk factors for SIDS. (cdc.gov)
Researchers accessed brain samples obtained at autopsy. (medscape.com)

There is no reliable test to determine the presence of kernicterus, and the diagnosis is made presumptively. (msdmanuals.com)
A definite diagnosis of kernicterus can be made only by autopsy. (msdmanuals.com)

Authorities request and review medical records to vet the reports, including autopsies. (theepochtimes.com)
A review of more than 200 autopsies - obtained through public records requests - showed signs of pulmonary edema in 84% of the cases. (kosu.org)

Such autopsies, which rely on relatives' accounts of illness, are used in an Indian data-collection system that covers 1.5 million households. (medscape.com)

An autopsy is scheduled for August 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., at Canton-Potsdam Hospital. (newzjunky.com)

The autopsy, which identified signs of injury inconsistent with normal decomposition, determined he was a victim of homicide, the FBI said Monday. (newser.com)

World Health Organization (WHO) to determine health-care worker and the decedent's caregiver. (who.int)

The amnesty committee does not have the authority to investigate allegations of mistreatment, but the Sanaa-based Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote on October 14, in response to a Human Rights Watch letter, that detainees have the right to file complaints with a deputy prosecutor who can determine the legality of a person's detention, investigate mistreatment claims, and forward cases of abuse for prosecution. (hrw.org)

Tests determine that Jane Doe's brain tissue cells remain active. (wikipedia.org)
After the incident, Boston University conducted an autopsy of Adams' brain to determine if chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, could have played a role in the incident. (go.com)

Autopsy is very important in medical practice and is being increasingly relegated both in the developed and developing countries. (bvsalud.org)

the exact rates are difficult to determine because various reports are influenced by many factors. (bvsalud.org)

Histopathology of the tumor may determine the postoperative treatment course for patients. (medscape.com)

And the veterinarian started to experience influenza-like illness, really after doing quite a bit of work with these sick cats, and even doing an autopsy on a cat that had died. (cdc.gov)

Continuing the autopsy, Tommy finds the woman's missing tooth wrapped in a piece of cloth in her stomach. (wikipedia.org)

The Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office carried out the autopsy of Michel Castro in the early hours of June 6, 2023, which allowed authorizing the delivery of the body to the family. (outandaboutpv.com)

Standard Precautions include hand hygiene and the use of specific personal protective equipment (PPE) determined by the potential for exposure to blood, body fluids, and infectious material. (cdc.gov)

After the autopsy was carried out and the body was delivered to the family in Puerto Vallarta, the transfer of the body to Tepic, Michel Castro's hometown, has been organized. (outandaboutpv.com)

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