A Post-Mortem Examination

Tesio catheters: findings in post-mortem examination.

Vascular access is still the 'Achilles heel' in the haemodialysis treatment. Access-related problems account for approximately 25% of hospitalizations in haemodialysis patients. In patients lacking a suitable vascular anatomy or presenting repeated a-v fistula thrombosis due to vascular problems and/or hypotension, a permanent central venous catheter can establish a reliable long-term vascular ...

Post-Mortem Examination in a Case of Rifleshot Injury

hole immediately below the xiphoid cartilage, the skin around being much blackened by the discharge. On opening the chest the bullet was found to have passed slightly upwards through the pericardium to the spine. The right side of the heart was torn to rags, two vertebroe were completely disintegrated, and three ribs on either side broken close to their vertebral attachment. The spine was cut q...

Asking relatives for permission for a post mortem examination.

This article discusses the possible aims, benefits, and also the content, format and timing of training in one specific aspect of clinical practice; how to request permission for post mortems.

Post-mortem examination in the United Kingdom: present and future

Angina Pectoris with Post-Mortem Examination. Fatty Degeneration of Heart

May 1891, suffering from breathlessness, which had gradually undergone aggravation, and a severe pain over the front of the chest, particularly over the lower part of the sternum. On admission the pulse was feeble, somewhat compressible, 70 per minute, the skin was cold and clammy, temperature in mouth 97'G0^1. He was in a state of semi-collapse, and said that he felt he was dying, the least mo...