ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2021
COVID-19 in the autopsy room-requirements, safety, recommendations and pathological findings.
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- Pilot study in Hamburg on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and pandemic survey in the German funeral industry.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Article
- The Risk of Suicide in the Post-COVID-19 Emergency Era: Psychological and Forensic Implications.Cureus · 2023Review
- Minimally invasive autopsies for the investigation of pulmonary pathology of COVID-19-experiences of a longitudinal series of 92 patients.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2023Article
- Identification of Histopathological Biomarkers in Fatal Cases of Coronavirus Disease: A Study on Lung Tissue.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Informed consent of postmortem sampling: Bibliographic review.Revista de ciencias forenses de Honduras · 2022Article
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- Code of practice for medical autopsies: a minimum standard position paper for pathology departments performing medical (hospital) autopsies in adults.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2022Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Practice of Forensic Medicine: An Overview.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Findings in 12 Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Mapping Biological Risks Related to Necropsy Activities: Old Concerns and Novel Issues for the Safety of Health Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Quantification of airborne SARS-CoV-2 genomic particles in different hospital settings.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Use of post-mortem computed tomography during the COVID-19 pandemic.Diagnostic histopathology (Oxford, England) · 2021Review
- The handling of SARS-CoV-2 associated deaths - infectivity of the body.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
- Post-mortem persistence of SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary study.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
- Post-mortem examination of Hospital Inpatient COVID-19 Deaths in Lusaka, Zambia - A Descriptive Whole-body Autopsy Series.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Article
- Pathophysiology and Clinical Manifestations of COVID-19-Related Acute Kidney Injury-The Current State of Knowledge and Future Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Commentary on the spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology in COVID-19.Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular PathologyArticle
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Abstract
Modern technologies enable the exchange of information about the expansion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the continually increasing number of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases almost in real time. The gravity of a current epidemiological situation is represented by the mortality rates, which are scrupulously updated daily. Performing autopsies on patients with either suspected or confirmed COVID-19 is of high importance since these might not only improve clinical management but also reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection expansion. The following paper aimed to present the most crucial aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection from the point of view of forensic experts and pathologists, recommendations and safety precautions regarding autopsies, autopsy room requirements, possible techniques, examinations used for effective viral detection, recommendations regarding burials, and gross and microscopic pathological findings of the deceased who died due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Autopsies remain the gold standard for determining the cause of death. Therefore, it would be beneficial to perform autopsies on patients with both suspected and confirmed COVID-19, especially those with coexisting comorbidities.
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