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ArticleAcademic forensic pathology2018

Improving Forensic Pathologic Investigation of Sudden Death in the Young: Tools, Guidance, and Methods of Cardiovascular Dissection from the Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry.

Sam P Gulino, Kristin Burns, Wendy M Gunther, Heather MacLeod

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Article in Academic forensic pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors.

Sam P Gulino
Kristin Burns
Wendy M Gunther
Heather MacLeod

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Case Registry, a prospective, population-based registry active in ten states, has developed tools to aid pathologists and death investigators in the evaluation and autopsy of unexplained, natural sudden deaths in the pediatric population. The tools were developed by a team of experts representing forensic pathology; pediatric-, cardiac-, and neuropathology; cardiology; neurology/epileptology; pediatrics; genetic counseling; and public health. These tools focus on collecting data relevant to determination of cause of death with a focus on dissection of the cardiovascular system. The tools provide an objective checklist format for ease of use and data extraction. By sharing the tools here and highlighting the examination of the cardiovascular system, the SDY Case Registry encourages a standardized approach to death investigation, autopsy, and data collection for sudden, unexpected deaths in the young towards a goal of informing prevention efforts.

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CardiologyCardiovascular pathologyForensic pathologyPediatricsPostmortem genetic testingSudden death

Identifiers

PMID31240048
PMCPMC6490127
OpenAlexW2805937371

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