THE CAUSE OF DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.

Death under Chloroform

A Study of the Cause of Death Among Children Under 5 Years in Babol Amirkola Children Hospital During 1993-1997

The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of the cause of death among children under 5 years with respect to the age and sex in Amirkola Children Hospital. The data of 536 child death was obtained during l 993-1997 on the basis of ultimate diagnosis in the death certificate using disease classification. The results shows that the most common cause of death in the neonatal p...

Assessment of the Data Quality of Cause of Death Registration in Iranian Hospitals in 2016

Background and Objectives: A large proportion of the data of cause of death is registered in hospitals in Iran. Assessment of the death data can help to identify the problems of cause of death registration system and improve it. Therefore, this study was conducted to review the quality of cause of death registration in Iranian hospitals in 2016.   Methods: All hospital deaths in 2016 were rev...

An unexplained death: Hannah Greener and chloroform.

HANNAH Greener of Winlaton, near Newcastle in the United Kingdom, died more than 150 yr ago, on January 28, 1848, after receiving a chloroform anesthetic for the removal of a toenail. She was a healthy 15-yr-old girl who had successfully undergone an anesthetic with diethyl ether several months before for the removal of another toenail. Hers was the first death (fig. 1) attributed to the new an...

The incomparability of cause of death statistics under “one country, two systems”: Shanghai versus Hong Kong

BACKGROUND Valid and comparable cause of death (COD) statistics are crucial for health policy analyses. Variations in COD assignment across geographical areas are well-documented while socio-institutional factors may affect the process of COD and underlying cause of death (UCD) determination. This study examines the comparability of UCD statistics in Hong Kong and Shanghai, having two political...