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
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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