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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2017

Post-mortem computed tomography coaxial cutting needle biopsy to facilitate the detection of bacterioplankton using PCR probes as a diagnostic indicator for drowning.

Guy N Rutty, Christopher Johnson, Jasmin Amoroso, Claire Robinson, Carina J Bradley, Bruno Morgan

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2017. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. State of the art in post-mortem computed tomography: a review of current literature.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2019
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guy N RuttyEast Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK. gnr3@le.ac.uk.
Christopher JohnsonEast Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
Jasmin AmorosoEast Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
Claire RobinsonImaging Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
Carina J BradleyClinical Microbiology, Empath Pathology Services, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK.
Bruno MorganRadiology Department, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK.
University of Leicester · GBLeicester Royal Infirmary · GBUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report for the first time the use of coaxial cutting needle biopsy, guided by post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT), to sample internal body tissues for bacterioplankton PCR analysis to investigate drowning. This technical report describes the biopsy technique, the comparison of the needle biopsy and the invasive autopsy sampling results, as well as the PMCT and autopsy findings. By using this new biopsy sampling approach for bacterioplankton PCR, we have developed on previous papers describing the minimally invasive PMCT approach for the diagnosis of drowning. When such a system is used, the operator must take all precautions to avoid contamination of the core biopsy samples due to the sensitivity of PCR-based analytic systems.

Indexed as

AeromonasAged, 80 and overBiopsy, NeedleBrainDNA, BacterialDrowningHumansKidneyLungMalePolymerase Chain ReactionRadiography, InterventionalSpleenTomography, X-Ray ComputedWhole Body ImagingDNA, BacterialBacterioplanktonCoaxial cutting needle biopsyDrowningForensicPMCTPost-mortem computed tomographyReal-time PCR

Identifiers

PMID27817167
PMCPMC5203821
OpenAlexW2548389739

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