Essentials of Autopsy Practice : Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice.

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice is the fifth volume in the Essentials in Autopsy Practice series, covering topics of current and future interest. Designed to keep all involved in the investigation of death abreast of changes within the field, this volume...

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Main Author: Rutty, Guy N.
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Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.
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505 0 |a Essentials of AutopsyPractice; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Diatom and Laboratory Tests to Support a Conclusion of Death by Drowning; Introduction; Scenarios in Water-Related Deaths and the Diatom Test; Macroscopic Autopsy Findings of Drowned Victims; Diatom Test; Origin of Diatoms Found in the Body and Specificity of Diatom Test; Sensitivity of Diatom Test (Positive Ratio); Conventional Acid and Enzymatic Digestion; Modifications to Conventional Methods: Advanced Methods; Diatom Analysis Around Estuaries (Brackish Water). 
505 8 |a Recent Approaches and Electrolyte Analysis of Pleural FluidMicrobiological Testing; Bacterioplankton Test; Fecal Bacteria Test; Metagenomic Analysis; An Example Sampling Protocol for the Investigation of Drowning; Sampling of Pleural Fluids for Electrolyte Examination; Sampling of Left and Right Cardiac and Right Femoral Blood for Bacterioplankton Test; Sampling of the Lungs for Diatom Test; Sampling of the Liver and Kidney for Diatom Test; Sampling of Bone for Diatom Test; References; Chapter 2: Deaths from Extremes of Temperature; Introduction; Normal Thermoregulation; Hypothermia. 
505 8 |a Progressive Effects of HypothermiaImmersion; Medical Conditions Associated with Hypothermia; Drugs, Toxic Substances, and Hypothermia; The Postmortem Diagnosis of Accidental Hypothermia; Paradoxical Undressing; Hide and Die Syndrome; Autopsy Findings; Toxicology and Biochemistry of Hypothermia; Local Effects of Cold; Freezing at Autopsy; Deaths Associated with High Temperatures; Heatstroke; Autopsy; Deaths During Heat Waves; References; Chapter 3: The Radioactive Autopsy; Introduction; How Bodies Become Radioactive; Medical Uses of Radioactive Substances. 
505 8 |a Use of Unsealed Sources for Imaging or Other Measurement of Organ Physiological Function and DiseaseUse of Unsealed Sources for Therapeutic Purposes; Use of Sealed Sources for Therapeutic Purposes (Brachytherapy); Temporary Brachytherapy Treatments; Permanent Brachytherapy Implants; The Release of Patients from Hospital with Retained Radioactive Substances; Dose Limits, Constraints, and Radiation Risk; The Provision of Radiation Protection Advice; Precautions for Dealing with a Potentially Radioactive Body; Precautions During Autopsy; The Retention and Disposal of Radioactive Samples. 
505 8 |a Personal Protective EquipmentSummary; Radioactive Bodies and Autopsy: Key Practice Points; Appendices; Appendix A: Radioactivity: General Principles; Alpha-Sources; Beta-Sources; Gamma Rays/X-Rays; Radiation Protection Measurements; Appendix B: Example Patient Instruction and Notification Card for Nuclear Medicine Therapy; Appendix C: Example Patient Instruction and Notification Card for Brachytherapy Permanent Implants (St. James's Institute of Oncology); References; Chapter 4: Chemical Contamination and the Autopsy; Introduction; Contaminated Fatalities. 
500 |a Chemical Self-Harm, Methods, and the Media. 
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