TY  - BOOK
AU  - Suvarna,S.Kim
TI  - Atlas of Adult Autopsy: A Guide to Modern Practice
SN  - 9783319270227
AV  - RB1-214 
U1  - 616.0759 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing AG
KW  - Forensic medicine
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1: General Considerations and Safety -- Paperwork: Permissions and Instructions -- Identification -- The Background Story -- Getting Ready -- The Autopsy Room, Workbench, and Autopsy Table -- Additional Testing Materials -- The Results -- Suggested Reading -- 2: External Examination -- Introduction -- Practical Realities of the External Examination -- The Examination in Stages -- General Observations in All Reports -- Medical and Surgical Intervention Devices -- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Scars -- Identifying Marks -- Indicators of Internal Disease and General Health -- Schematic Examination Guides the Assessment of Internal Pathology -- Trauma and Injury -- External Examination as Part of the Radiological Autopsy -- Post-mortem Changes and Decomposition -- References -- 3: Evisceration -- The Process of Opening the Torso and Removing the Tissues -- Samples and Investigations to be Taken During Evisceration -- Suggested Reading -- 4: Thorax: Heart, Lungs, Mediastinum, and Pleura -- General Principles of Examining the Thorax -- The Lung Tissues: Acute and Infective Processes -- Degenerative Lung Conditions -- Thoracic Neoplasia -- Gross Cardiac Pathology -- Ischemic Heart Disease -- Valvular Heart Disease -- Inherited and Congenital Heart Disease: The Adult Reality, GUCH, and Cardiomyopathies -- Infections and Inflammatory Conditions -- Cardiac Tumours -- Technology and the Heart -- The Large Arteries -- Suggested Reading -- 5: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary System -- Introduction -- External Examination -- Internal In-Situ Examination -- Dissection of the Tissues in Sequential Format -- Omentum, Mesenteries, and Peritoneum -- Esophagus -- Stomach -- Duodenum -- Pancreas -- Gallbladder and Biliary Tract -- Liver -- Small Intestine and Appendix -- Colon -- Rectum and Anus; Suggested Reading -- 6: Genitourinary and Breast Tissues, Including Pregnancy -- Introduction -- Kidney and Ureter -- Bladder -- Prostate -- Male Genital Tissues -- Female Genital Tissues -- Pregnancy -- Breast Tissue -- Suggested Reading -- 7: Lymphoreticular Tissues: Lymph Node, Spleen and Thymus, Bone and Marrow -- Introduction -- Lymph Nodes and Related Tissues -- Spleen -- Thymus -- Bone and Marrow -- Cervical Vertebral Tissues and Cord -- Complications Adjacent to Fractures -- Suggested Reading -- 8: Endocrine Glands: Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pituitary -- Introduction -- Thyroid -- Parathyroids -- Adrenals -- Pituitary -- Suggested Reading -- 9: The Central Nervous System, with Eye and Ear -- Introduction -- The Brain -- Extraction of the Brain -- Fixing the Brain for Neuropathological Examination -- Dissection of the Brain -- Common Pathologies -- Commonly Encountered Surgical Interventions -- The Eye -- Removing the Eye: Anterior Approach -- Removing the Eye: Posterior Approach -- The Middle Ear -- The Pituitary -- The Spinal Cord -- Exposing and Removing the Spinal Cord: Anterior Approach -- Exposing and Removing the Spinal Cord: Posterior Approach -- Reconstructing the Head -- References -- Suggested Reading -- 10: Standard and Special Tests -- Introduction -- Toxicology -- Vitreous Humour -- Blood -- Urine -- Gastric Contents -- Bile -- Liver -- Microbiology and Virology -- Blood -- Urine -- Lung -- Cerebrospinal Fluid -- Ascites -- Spleen -- Bile -- Faeces -- DNA Sampling -- Histopathology Sampling -- Suggested Reading -- 11: Devices: Foreign Items Encountered During the Autopsy -- Introduction -- External Devices -- Electronic Devices -- Structural Cardiovascular Devices -- Gastrointestinal Devices -- Devices in the Genitourinary System -- Supports for Soft Tissues and Bones -- Respiratory System Devices -- Suggested Reading; 12: The Forensic Autopsy -- Introduction -- The Forensic Autopsy Specialist Dissections -- The Neck -- The Face -- Posterior Skin Flay, Including Upper Limbs -- The Lips -- The Orbit -- The Vertebral Arteries -- Anterior Skin Flay -- Forearm and Hand Flay -- Anogenital Block -- Excarnation/Defleshing -- Sharp Force Trauma -- The Stab Wound -- Stabbing Injuries: Force -- Defence Injuries -- Self-Inflicted Fatal Stab and Slice Wounds -- Blunt Force Trauma and Friction Injury -- Patterned Bruise -- Tramline Bruises -- Laceration -- Bite Marks -- Grip Marks -- Abrasion Injuries -- Abrasion Scrolls -- Deaths on the Highway -- Pedestrian Injuries: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Impacts -- Pedestrian Injuries: Patterned Injuries -- Vehicle Occupants -- Road Traffic Collision with Natural Disease -- Specific Neck Considerations -- Signs of Asphyxia (Petechiae and Congestion) -- Pressure to the Neck: Internal Injuries -- Hanging -- Manual Strangulation -- Ligature Strangulation -- Choking -- Traumatic Asphyxia -- Postural/Positional Asphyxia -- Electrocution -- Fire Deaths -- Vital Signs -- Artefacts of Fire: Heat Haematoma -- Artefacts of Fire: Heat Lacerations -- Post-mortem Phenomena on the Boundary of Natural and Non-natural Death -- Post-mortem Injuries -- Hypostasis -- Skin Slippage and Depigmentation -- Post-mortem Animal Predation -- Hypothermia -- Drowning -- Firearms -- Rifled Weapon: Entry Wounds -- Rifled Weapon: Exit Wounds -- Bone Injury -- Shotgun Entry Wound -- Blunt Force Head Injury -- Extradural Haematoma -- Subdural Hematoma -- Cerebral Contusions, Coup and Contre-Coup -- Traumatic Basal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage -- Late Complications of Head Injury -- Skull Fractures -- Suggested Reading -- 13: The Radiological Autopsy -- Introduction -- Decision Making During the Digital Autopsy -- Is This Case Suitable for a Digital Autopsy Approach?; Which Imaging Techniques Are Required? Is Angiography Indicated? -- Following Imaging, Is an Invasive Procedure Necessary to Determine the Cause of Death? -- Can Invasive Autopsy be Limited? -- Are Additional Investigations Required, Such as Aspiration of Fluids for Toxicology? -- Issues Around Decomposition -- Trauma -- Head -- Lungs -- Heart -- Abdomen -- References -- 14: Toxicology -- Introduction -- Post-mortem Redistribution (Vd) and Half-­Life (t½) and Pharmacokinetics -- Drug Concentrations -- Samples Required for Toxicology Analysis -- Routine Cases -- Embalmed Bodies -- Commonly Encountered Drugs and Toxins -- Ethanol -- Ethylene Glycol -- Ketoacids and Ketoacidosis -- Opiates and Opioids -- Heroin (Diacetyl Morphine) and Morphine -- Codeine -- Dihydrocodeine -- Methadone -- Fentanyl -- Tramadol -- Benzodiazepines -- Diazepam -- Chlordiazepoxide -- Cannabis (Tetrahydrocannabinol [THC]) -- Cocaine -- Amphetamine -- MDMA (Ecstasy) and MDA -- Carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) -- Cyanide -- Paracetamol -- New Psychoactive Substances -- Other Drugs and Toxins -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Appendix -- Notification to Coroner upon Completion of Postmortem Examination -- Index
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