computed tomography (ct) is now the primary diagnostic method for head trauma because of its ability to demonstrate the nature, extent, sites, and multiplicity of brain injuries. although there have been numerous reports on the ct findings of most types of intracranial injury, the findings in brainstem injury have not been well described. this study aimed at comparing the autopsy findings of br...

OBJECTIVES To measure the neonatal autopsy rate at a tertiary referral centre and identify trends over the past decade. To identify factors that may influence the likelihood of consent being given for autopsy. To examine any discordance between diagnoses before death and at autopsy. DESIGN Retrospective review of patients' records. SETTING Tertiary neonatal referral centre affiliated to uni...

The autopsy is in decline, despite the fact that accurate mortality statistics remain essential for public health and health service planning. The falling autopsy rate combined with the Coroners Review and Human Tissue Act have contributed to this decline, and to a falling use of autopsy histology, with potential impact on clinical audit and mortality statistics. At a time when the need for ref...

a St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Pathology. Detroit, MI, USA. All physicians and pathologists are well aware of the fact that the autopsy rate has been declining for the last few decades. An autopsy was performed on 40% to 60% of all hospital deaths in the United States before 1970.1,2 Now this rate has gone below 5%.1,2 Our educational institution had a 20-fold decrease in...

background : the problem of maternal deaths cannot be solved without having accurate information about the number and causes of these deaths. the aim of this study was to determine the exact cause of maternal deaths during childbirth in isfahan, iran in 2006_2011. this was made by determining the direct and indirect causes of maternal deaths, autopsy reports and prenatal care. methods : in a de...

OBJECTIVE to compare ultrasound (US) and autopsy findings of fetal malformations in second trimester terminations of pregnancy to evaluate the degree of agreement between US and fetal autopsy. METHODS in this study, all second trimester termination of pregnancy between 2003-2010 were considered. US and autopsy findings were compared and all cases were classified into five categories according...

BACKGROUND Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a verbal autopsy study in rural Uganda found that half of adult deaths assessed were in HIV-positive individuals. We used verbal autopsy to compare the proportion of HIV-positive adult deaths in the periods befo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE United States national autopsy rates have declined in recent years. In the present study, changes in autopsy rates for deaths due to stroke are examined and compared with changes in autopsy rates for all deaths. METHODS National Center for Health Statistics data on United States national autopsy rates were examined for the years 1955, 1958, and 1972-1988. RESULTS Sinc...

OBJECTIVE Although the autopsy still is a valuable tool in health statistics, health care quality control, medical education, and biomedical research, autopsy rates have been declining worldwide. The aim of this study was to examine trends of overall, clinical and forensic autopsy rates among adults in the Netherlands over the last four decades, and trends per sex, age (groups), and hospital ty...

Background and Purpose: United States national autopsy rates have declined in recent years. In the present study, changes in autopsy rates for deaths due to stroke are examined and compared with changes in autopsy rates for all deaths. Methods: National Center for Health Statistics data on United States national autopsy rates were examined for the years 1955, 1958, and 1972-1988. Results: Since...