COVID-19 in the autopsy room–requirements, safety, recommendations and pathological findings
Autor: | Jacek Baj, Grzegorz Buszewicz, Marzanna Ciesielka, Ryszard Maciejewski, Barbara Budzyńska, Piotr Listos, Grzegorz Teresiński |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Infectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-Professional Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Burial Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Autopsy Review Postmortem computed tomography Pathology and Forensic Medicine Clothing Specimen Handling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine COVID-19 Testing Epidemiology medicine Cadaver Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Pathological Forensic Pathology Lung Personal Protective Equipment Cause of death Disease Reservoirs Infection Control Embalming business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Mortality rate Gold standard Forensic COVID-19 General Medicine Cremation Radiography Air Filters 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
Zdroj: | Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology |
ISSN: | 1556-2891 1547-769X |
Popis: | Modern technologies enable the exchange of information about the expansion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the continually increasing number of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases almost in real time. The gravity of a current epidemiological situation is represented by the mortality rates, which are scrupulously updated daily. Performing autopsies on patients with either suspected or confirmed COVID-19 is of high importance since these might not only improve clinical management but also reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection expansion. The following paper aimed to present the most crucial aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection from the point of view of forensic experts and pathologists, recommendations and safety precautions regarding autopsies, autopsy room requirements, possible techniques, examinations used for effective viral detection, recommendations regarding burials, and gross and microscopic pathological findings of the deceased who died due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Autopsies remain the gold standard for determining the cause of death. Therefore, it would be beneficial to perform autopsies on patients with both suspected and confirmed COVID-19, especially those with coexisting comorbidities. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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