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ReviewAcademic forensic pathology2016

The Certification of Fatalities Related to Diabetes Mellitus: A Shot in the Dark?

James R Gill

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Review in Academic forensic pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

James R GillConnecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Office of Chief Medical Examiner · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Worldwide, an estimated 415 million people have diabetes mellitus, which results in extensive morbidity and mortality. In order to track the effect of diabetes on mortality statistics, deaths in which diabetes mellitus caused or contributed to death must be recognized, included on the death certificate, and then properly coded for vital statistic purposes. For public health policy, this will help determine the extent of the disease and follow whether deaths increase or decrease. There is variation among death certifiers for when and how diabetes is included on the death certificate and among vital records bureaus as how to code diabetes-related deaths. Case scenarios are presented to highlight the certification issues that arise with deaths related to diabetes mellitus. This area of death certification may benefit from a consensus effort to standardize and enhance certification and coding of deaths due to diabetes in order to improve the reliability of these mortality statistics.

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Cause of deathDeath certificationDiabetes mellitusForensic pathology

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PMID31239890
PMCPMC6507004
OpenAlexW2929830166

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