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ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2016

An approach to iatrogenic deaths.

Angela R McGuire, Maura E DeJoseph, James R Gill

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Review in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Cadaver clots: a systematic review of the literature.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Angela R McGuireConnecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 11 Shuttle Rd, Farmington, CT, 06032, USA.
Maura E DeJosephConnecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 11 Shuttle Rd, Farmington, CT, 06032, USA.
James R GillConnecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 11 Shuttle Rd, Farmington, CT, 06032, USA. jgill@ocme.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iatrogenic deaths are a concern for patients, physicians, and public health specialists. Most medicolegal investigation jurisdictions in the United States have the legal authority and mandate to investigate deaths associated with diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. Given the decreasing trends of autopsies performed in U.S. hospitals, forensic pathologists are likely to take on an even greater role in investigating these deaths. This is an overview and forensic pathological approach to fatal complications due to diagnostic and therapeutic medical events.

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Cause of DeathIatrogenic DiseaseAnesthesiaAutopsyCross InfectionDeath CertificatesDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsForensic PathologyHumansProfessional RolePulmonary EmbolismRenal DialysisSurgical Procedures, OperativeTransfusion ReactionAutopsyFatalityForensic pathologyIatrogenicTherapeutic complication

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