Methods Maternal Mortality Surveillance has been conducted by the Government of Health since 2007. All maternal deaths in our country are first evaluated by the committees in the local areas. The records of the local committees are reported to the Preliminary Investigation Committee for Maternal Deaths at the Ministry of Health of Turkey. Medical hospital records, death certificates, autopsy re...

Follow-up procedures vary among cancer registries in North America. US registries are funded by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program and/or the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). SEER registries ascertain vital status and date of last contact to meet follow-up standards. NPCR and Canadian registries primarily conduct linkages with local and national death re...

Literary records of death questioning the existence human beings from time to have been found in Tamil since Sangam period. Concepts tradition reported ancient literary works. In terms fiction, number novels is small compared short stories that precede death. The relationship between and theoretically based on ‘Sagavaram’ ‘Avvulakam’ written by V.Iraianbu are noteworthy. myths legends created w...

Identifying and classifying causes of perinatal death remains a challenge for clinical practice and public health. Broadly speaking, in utero demise may result from fetal factors, from maternal factors, or from a combination of these factors, and may occur antepartum or intrapartum. Although neonatal death may also result from maternal factors, coding structures in the International Classificat...

Rupture of the aorta has become familiar as a cause of rapid death, especially in certain accidents involving modern, fast transport (Helpern, 1952). Although the victims very seldom survive more than an hour (Strassmann, 1947) a case in which death was delayed for 20 days has been described by Rice and Wittstruck (1951). The following case records a ruptured aorta due to a football injury in w...

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the functional capacity of women with breast neoplasm undergoing palliative chemotherapy. Method: Cross-sectional study an analysis medical records cancer Results: Out one hundred evaluated records, most registered 50 years or older (66%), primary education (53%), income 1 to 2 minimum wages (87%), invasive ductal carcinoma (95%), positive hormone receptor (64%),...

medicina fluminensis 2015, Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 276-282 276 Abstract. Aim: To analyze the rates and causes of death in children in four towns in the Kvarner Bay area (western Croatia) in the 19th century. Materials and sources: The analysis is based on data collected from the Death Register kept at the State Archives of Rijeka. Death records were translated into English and arranged according to ...