Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Current Methods and Modern TrendsGuy N. Rutty "Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Current Methods and Modern Trends" provides an update on the advances and developments in autopsy practice. This concise, well-referenced text consists of chapters that can be read independently of each other, in addition to forming a cohesive book, which can act as a laboratory manual or reference guide. It starts with a general subject related to death or death investigation and then proceeds through a series of related chapters which become more specialized, ending in a highly specialized chapter related to a specific type of injury. Each chapter brings together the world knowledge in the particular subject. Useful to both trainees and consultants in all specialty areas within pathology including forensic pathology, the book also serves as a guide to all those involved in death investigation i.e. nurses, lawyers, paramedics and police officers. |
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... genetic testing the nature of autopsy examinations are changing and the understanding of causes of death are evolving. New roles are evolving; new personnel are undertaking the jobs previously undertaken by the pathologist. Finally the ...
... genetic testing of diseases causing unexplained death. We next outline the most common genetic causes of sudden death under the sections of “Disorders of Heart Muscle” (including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ...
... genetic studies. Molecular. Diagnosis. of. Sudden. Death. Diseases. With the explosion of molecular techniques, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing on peripheral blood and tissue has revolutionized the diagnosis of genetic causes of sudden ...
... genetic testing when the DNA is taken from blood samples.9,10 Ideally, at the time of autopsy the coroner or pathologist collects 15ml of blood in several tubes containing ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), which prevents ...
... genetic cause of sudden death, particularly in young athletes. Epidemiology. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetically associated form of SCD. An estimated 1 in 500 people (0.2% of the general population) carries an HCM ...
Contents
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Pathology of Sepsis | 39 |
A Histopathologists Guide to Ocular Pathology | 87 |
Subdural Hematoma in Children | 147 |
Injuries and Death Resulting from Restraint | 171 |
The Timing of Death | 189 |
Burn Injury | 215 |
Index | 233 |