ArticleThe American journal of forensic medicine and pathology2020
COVID-19: Postmortem Diagnostic and Biosafety Considerations.
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- Autopsy Tool in Unknown Diseases: The Experience with Coronaviruses (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2).Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- High prevalence of hepatic steatosis and vascular thrombosis in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of autopsy data.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Pooled it
- COVID-19 and the Heart: A Systematic Review of Cardiac Autopsies.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2020Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Experience at an Academic Medical Examiner's Office.Academic forensic pathology · 2024Article
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- Liver pathology in COVID-19 related death and leading role of autopsy in the pandemic.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Use of Post-Mortem Computed Tomography During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Malaysian Experience.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Comprehensive Analysis of Disease Pathology in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Hosts following Pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Positive airway pressure longer than 24 h is associated with histopathological volutrauma in severe COVID-19 pneumonia-an ESGFOR based narrative case-control review.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and the eye: alternative facts The 2022 Bowman Club, David L. Easty lecture.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2022Review
- Reducing occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2: A survey of changes in caseload and controls among medical examiner and coroners' offices in Pennsylvania during 2020.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2022Article
- Immunopathological changes, complications, sequelae and immunological memory in COVID-19 patients.Heliyon · 2022Review
- Cytokine storm and histopathological findings in 60 cases of COVID-19-related death: from viral load research to immunohistochemical quantification of major players IL-1β, IL-6, IL-15 and TNF-α.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2022Article
- Neuropathological Aspects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Significance for Both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling as an Alternative to Complete Diagnostic Autopsies in the Context of Epidemic Outbreaks and Pandemics: The Example of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
As a result of the 2019 novel human coronavirus (COVID-19) global spread, medical examiner/coroner offices will inevitably encounter increased numbers of COVID-19-infected decedents at autopsy. While in some cases a history of fever and/or respiratory distress (eg, cough or shortness of breath) may suggest the diagnosis, epidemiologic studies indicate that the majority of individuals infected with COVID-19 develop mild to no symptoms. Those dying with-but not of-COVID-19 may still be infectious, however. While multiple guidelines have been issued regarding autopsy protocol in cases of suspected COVID-19 deaths, there is some variability in the recommendations. Additionally, limited recommendations to date have been issued regarding scene investigative protocol, and there is a paucity of publications characterizing COVID-19 postmortem gross and histologic findings. A case of sudden unexpected death due to COVID-19 is presented as a means of illustrating common autopsy findings, as well as diagnostic and biosafety considerations. We also review and summarize the current COVID-19 literature in an effort to provide practical evidence-based biosafety guidance for medical examiner-coroner offices encountering COVID-19 at autopsy.
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