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	Autopsy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		An autopsy is an examination of a body after death.
		Autopsies are performed to determine cause of death, or to verify diagnosis.
		Autopsies ordered by the state can be performed by a county coroner, who is not necessarily a physician.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_path/autopsy.cfm (207 words)

	Autopsy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination or an obduction, is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of a person's death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present.
		The principal aim of an autopsy is to discover the cause of death, to determine the state of health of the person before he or she died, and whether any medical diagnosis and treatment before death was appropriate.
		An autopsy is frequently performed in cases of sudden death, where a doctor is not able to write a death certificate, or when death is believed to be due to an unnatural cause.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Autopsy (1749 words)

	Autopsy Summary
		An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination or an obduction, is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of a person's death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present.
		The principal aim of an autopsy is to discover the cause of death, to determine the state of health of the person before he or she died, and whether any medical diagnosis and treatment before death was appropriate.
		An autopsy is frequently performed in cases of sudden death, where a doctor is not able to write a death certificate, or when death is believed to be due to an unnatural cause.
	www.bookrags.com /Autopsy (2567 words)

	Death - the last taboo: Autopsies - What is an autopsy?
		An autopsy, also called a post-mortem examination, is a detailed and careful medical examination of a person's body and its organs after death to help establish the cause of death.
		Coronial autopsies are ordered by the state coroner, whereas hospital based autopsies may be performed at the request of the family of the deceased.
		In certain circumstances an autopsy might not be carried out if the coroner and a forensic pathologist can decide the cause of death from medical history and a police report.
	www.deathonline.net /what_happens/autopsy/index.cfm (221 words)

	Health Information - Yale Medical Group
		Autopsies are performed to determine cause of death, or to verify diagnosis.
		An autopsy may be ordered if someone dies unattended by a physician, or if the attending physician is uncomfortable signing the death certificate.
		Autopsies ordered by the state can be performed by a county coroner, who is not necessarily a physician.
	ymghealthinfo.org /content.asp?page=P00949 (249 words)

	Great Moments in Science - Autopsy
		Autopsies are needed to see how prosthetic devices (such as hip joints and heart valves) actually perform inside a body.
		Autopsies pick up the mistakes, but unfortunately, the rate of autopsies has dropped from 50% about 50 years ago, to about 15% today.
		Autopsies are not very romantic, but we need them to plan the overall health care of Australia, and to find new diseases.
	www.abc.net.au /science/k2/moments/s689035.htm (671 words)

	Autopsy-A Screenwriter's Guide (monthly posting, 27K, v. 1.004)
		Autopsies performed by the hospital pathologist do not result in cost to the patient's estate; rather, the cost is absorbed by the hospital and the pathologist.
		In medium-size and large hospitals, the autopsy is done on the premises in a autopsy suite, which is either within or adjacent to the morgue.
		The autopsy table is a waist-high aluminum fixture that is plumbed for running water and has several faucets and spigots to facilitate washing away all the blood that is released during the procedure.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/pathology/autopsy-screenwriters-guide (4305 words)

	Autopsy
		In most states, an autopsy may be ordered if someone dies unattended by a physician (or attended for less than 24 hours), or if the attending physician is uncomfortable signing the death certificate.
		Many autopsy services have a sign, "This is the place where death rejoices to teach those who live." Usually it is written in Latin ("Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae").
		Autopsy practice was largely developed in Germany, and an autopsy assistant is traditionally called a "diener", which is German for "servant".
	www.pathguy.com /autopsy.htm (2339 words)

	RCPA - The Manual - Autopsy
		One corollary of this is important: a doctor should not feel that a mistaken cause of death revealed by autopsy is necessarily a criticism as arriving at causes of death clinically is an inherently flawed process.
		Even where there is refusal for autopsy the very fact that permission has been sought may be important for relatives as it demonstrates a continuing interest and indicates that even in death there may be something to be learnt.
		The potential for autopsies to contribute to the characterisation of poorly understood diseases and the evaluation of new medical or surgical techniques is self evident.
	www.rcpamanual.edu.au /sections/articlelist.asp?s=22 (707 words)

	Autopsy as an Outcome and Performance Measure: Summary of Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 58
		The marked decline in autopsy rates from previous rates of 40-50 percent undoubtedly reflects various factors, including reimbursement issues, the attitudes of clinicians regarding the utility of autopsies in the setting of other diagnostic advances, and general unfamiliarity with the autopsy and techniques for requesting it, especially among physicians-in-training.
		The autopsy is valuable for its role in undergraduate and graduate medical education, the identification and characterization of new diseases, and contributions to the understanding of disease pathogenesis.
		The quality of the autopsy has received little systematic study, with the only evidence pertaining to perinatal autopsies, where two studies show that deficiencies relative to reporting standards (i.e., a proxy measure for potentially inadequate quality) appear to be common.
	www.ahrq.gov /clinic/epcsums/autopsum.htm (3566 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Results Released
		The autopsy backed up Terri Schiavo's husband's claim that his wife was in a "persistent vegetative state." The medical examiner says the report shows that the 41-year-old Schiavo died of dehydration 13 days after her feeding tube was withheld, had massive and irreversible brain damage, and that she was blind.
		The autopsy couldn't determine what caused her initial collapse in 1990, but it did find that in the time since, her brain had decreased in size by about half.
		He says although Schiavo's autopsy basically confirmed what was shown in tests done while she was alive, that certainty may give her family a measure of peace.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_166162806.html (472 words)

	Autopsy
		An autopsy is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination performed on a body after death, to evaluate disease or injury that may be present and to determine the cause and manner of a person's death.
		An autopsy may be required in deaths that have medical and legal issues and must be investigated by the medical examiner's or coroner's office, the governmental office that is responsible for investigating deaths that are important to the public's health and welfare.
		An autopsy is generally performed by a doctor (pathologist) who has training and expertise in the examination of body tissues and fluids.
	www.webmd.com /a-to-z-guides/Autopsy-16080 (634 words)

	Schiavo autopsy shows irreversible damage - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
		The autopsy and post-mortem investigation found no proof that she had an eating disorder, as was suspected at the time, Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Jon Thogmartin said.
		Autopsy results on the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman were made public Wednesday, more than two months after her death on March 31 ended a right-to-die battle between her husband and parents that engulfed the courts, Congress and the White House and divided the country.
		Regardless of the autopsy findings, the Schindlers continue to believe their daughter was not in a persistent vegetative state, their lawyer, David Gibbs III, said after Thogmartin’s report was issued.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8225637 (632 words)

	Autopsy - Gore Metal
		Inventors of gore-core, Autopsy mixed early death metal with hardcore beats and Sabbathy slow riffs.
		Review: Autopsy baffle their audience with an aesthetic that is a small part conventional death metal and mostly technique for maintaining an atmosphere of gore obsession - sloppy, grotesque chords, passages of infinitessimal weight, odd almost-melodic bits, with lead guitar that comments internally enough to avoid being a fretrun of scale patterns.
		Where lead guitar is used it is as showy as the metal gods of the late 1970s, but as the Misfits perverted the crooners of the generation before, Autopsy sickeningly invert heavy metal and turn it into the degraded but aware and nihilistic feral genre of death metal.
	www.anus.com /metal/autopsy.html (792 words)

	Autopsy Information on Healthline
		An autopsy is a postmortem assessment or examination of a body to determine the cause of death.
		An autopsy is performed by a physician educated in pathology.
		Medically, autopsies may determine the exact cause and circumstances of death, discover the pathway of a disease, and/or provide valuable information to be used in the care of the living.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/autopsy-1 (799 words)

	Autopsy: Currents: UI Health Care
		Moreover, fewer autopsy reports reach clinicians in a timely way, which, along with the concomitant decline in MandMC, inevitably reduces the educational value of the autopsy and downplays its role as a tool for professional improvement.
		Autopsy is covered only by Medicare, and pathologists in non-teaching hospitals prefer to spend time in clinical labs where they can make more money.
		Autopsy is a way to find medical errors, and in today's litigious environment, it's easy for a family to sue for damages based on evidence collected by autopsy.
	www.uihealthcare.com /news/currents/vol2issue3/6autopsy.html (760 words)

	Pathology - Autopsy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For a complete autopsy, the organs in the chest and abdomen are routinely examined with removal, dissection, and sampling for microscopic slides, then returned to the body.
		Autopsy is the oldest continuously practiced procedure in medicine, having been a part of medical practice for over 300 years.
		The autopsy consent form has a section for next of kin to indicate if and how any tissues may be used for research studies.
	healthcare.utah.edu /healthinfo/adult/path/autopsy.htm (532 words)

	Autopsy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Autopsy (necropsy) upon death of a beloved Bearded Collie is a thought few people can fathom.
		The event of death is overwhelming, whether prepared for due to old age or a known fatal illness, or sudden and unexpected.
		As a result of the finding, the PWDCA has very recently established a protocol for collection of specimens and autopsy of their dogs who die, in collaboration with human clinical researchers.
	www.beaconforhealth.org /autopsy.htm (1060 words)

	NW Autopsy
		A routine autopsy includes examination of the neck, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic organs, as well as the central nervous system. This extent of examination should be explained to the family member (next-of-kin) authorizing the post-mortem examination. ; If there are any restrictions or limitations, these should be clearly stated in the autopsy authorization form.
		The decision whether or not such an autopsy will be performed will be based on the potential additional medical information to be derived from this procedure versus the significant exposure risk to hospital personnel. The pathologist will make a decision regarding acceptance of the case and the extent of the postmortem examination (if accepted).
		It is the responsibility of security to confirm that the autopsy has been completed and that TRC had completed tissue harvesting prior to the release of the body.
	www.lifebridgehealth.org /bariatricsurgery/lifebridgebody.cfm?id=3433 (2115 words)

	Autopsy Resources
		Autopsy is a surgical procedure to try to figure out the cause of a person's death, or to confirm the presumed cause of death.
		Autopsies can be ordered by family members, even when there is no legal question as to the cause of death (such as in a homicide investigation.) For the best results, autopsies should always be done as soon as possible after the person's demise.
		It is important to obtain an autopsy as often as possible, even in those cases where you have no doubt as to the cause of death.
	www.sclero.org /medical/research/postmortem/autopsy/a-to-z.html (513 words)

	Autopsy Screenwriter's Guide
		Autopsies are rarely performed at night, but they are typically performed between 8 am and 4 pm every day, including weekends and holidays.
		Small hospitals that do not have autopsy suites may arrange for autopsies to be done at a larger hospital.
		Doing an autopsy at a funeral home is one of the most dreaded things a pathologist has to face, as a funeral home typically is not as well equipped as a hospital autopsy suite.
	web2.airmail.net /uthman/Autop.html (4307 words)

	Autopsy
		The autopsy table is basically a slanted tray (for drainage) with raised edges (to keep blood and fluids from flowing onto the floor).
		Prior or during the dissection, the pathologist may collect samples to be sent to the microbiology lab to search for infection, medicine, street drugs, alcohols, and/or poisons.
		There are no tough ligaments that hold the brain in, so really all that needs to be done is to cut the spinal cord and the dural reflections that go between the cerebellum and cerebrum.
	death.monstrous.com /autopsy.htm (3332 words)

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