autopsy

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Introduction

An examination of the organs of a dead body to determine the cause of death or to study the pathology present.

Virtual autopsy with computed tomography is more likely to miss cardiovascular disease & cancer.[2]

Unclear whether routine virtual autopsy would improve outcomes

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wichmann D et al. Virtual autopsy as an alternative to traditional medical autopsy in the intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study. Ann Intern Med 2012 Jan 17; 156:123. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22250143
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