Completing Death Certificates in Hospital Setting: What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong [0.03%]
医院死亡证填写错误分析
Cécile M Woudenberg-van den Broek,Annemiek M Vuurens,Paul L P Brand et al.
Cécile M Woudenberg-van den Broek et al.
Introduction: Of the 170 000 death certificates filled out annually in the Netherlands, approximately a quarter is completed by a hospital physician. From a legal and statistical point of view, it is important that the le...
Quinn Basso,Alfredo E Walker
Quinn Basso
Gossypibomas, or retained surgical sponges, are rare and potentially life-threatening complications in modern medicine. They are most commonly the result of emergency abdominal or gynecological surgeries but can occur in any surgery where s...
Disease, Accident, and Trauma: A Case Report on Sudden Death in Wiskott-Aldrich's Syndrome [0.03%]
Wiskott-Aldrich综合征猝死一例报告：疾病、意外与创伤
Ishita Manral,Gurpreet Kaur Sagoo,Anandhakrishnan T et al.
Ishita Manral et al.
We report the case of a 10-month-old male infant diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, who was brought to our medico-legal postmortem center after being declared dead. The external examination and autopsy findings, considering both patho...
Pragnesh Parmar,Divya Reddy,S Yadukul et al.
Pragnesh Parmar et al.
Background: Students find it difficult to retain knowledge given during lectures. Tests should be given frequently to increase retention of information. An open book examination is one where the students can give answers using their textboo...
Christopher Taylor,Susan F Ely,James R Gill
Christopher Taylor
Accidental femur fractures in older adults are a public health concern with a considerably high rate of mortality and morbidity. We performed a retrospective review of all deaths reported to the Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner ...
Ishita Manral,Rahul Manral,T Anandhakrishnan et al.
Ishita Manral et al.
Road traffic accidents cause 22 deaths daily in India. Lacerations are tears or splits in skin, mucus membranes, muscles, or organs when stretched beyond their limit of elasticity. Open wounds are the second most common wounds in road traff...
Victor W Weedn,Alon Steinberg,Peter Speth
Victor W Weedn
Introduction: Did George Floyd die from Officer Chauvin's knee triggering reflex cardioinhibition an instantaneous neurogenic cardiac arrest (INCA)? Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the findings necessary to conclude what cons...
Austin Gray,Richard Ou,Raffi Djabourian et al.
Austin Gray et al.
Angioedema is non-dependent, non-pitting edema at a variety of sites. Its forms can be divided into histamine-mediated and bradykinin-mediated types. Histamine-mediated forms can present similarly to anaphylaxis with urticaria and itching, ...
Stefano Tambuzzi,Guendalina Gentile,Michele Boracchi et al.
Stefano Tambuzzi et al.
We present the case of a 71-year-old diabetic woman, suffering from chronic renal failure and with a history of hemodialysis for 6 years, who suddenly died. The autopsy showed a tamponade hemopericardium and a perforation of the left atrio-...
Thato M Patlakwe,Arthur Saniotis,Nale Mvula
Thato M Patlakwe
Sexual child homicide is a very high impact event. We report an instance where an 11-year-old boy was noticed by his grandmother hanging from the silver wired drying line which they are using for hanging the clothes in the house. Examinatio...