Aims—To determine whether the cause of death could be accurately predicted without the need for a necropsy, and thus to consider whether a “view and grant” system of issuing a cause of death could be introduced into England and Wales. Method—A one year prospective necropsy study was performed incorporating 568 deaths. Before necropsy, in each case the cause of death was predicted from the avail...

AIMS To determine the agreement between clinical and necropsy diagnoses of the basic cause of death, and to compare the results with those obtained in a previous study carried out at the same university hospital. METHODS In total, 4828 necropsies, performed between 1990 and 1995 in the University Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, were revi...

Second and third year medical students were invited to write down their comments about necropsies during a pilot study of a postal questionnaire on the subject. Their comments were analysed in detail on the following aspects: about how useful and necessary a procedure the necropsy is in medical practice and in education; their personal distaste for the procedure; whether attendance at a necrops...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in naturally infected lofts of domestic pigeons, clinical signs, necropsy findings, differential susceptibility of male and female pigeons to infection and disease and vertical transmission. Eighty out of more than 600 pigeons were selected based on their clinical signs and poor health conditi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the current value of necropsy in paediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery and determine its potential impact on clinical practice. DESIGN AND SETTING Descriptive study of all paediatric cardiac deaths occurring over four years in a tertiary referral centre. Data were obtained from reviewing the hospital files, available necropsy records and specimens, and audit rep...