Session 2 Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
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What has examination of dead bodies over centuries provided us with?

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  • Detailed info about anatomy
  • Relate structure to function
  • Study effects of disease processes
  • Evidence for criminal activity
  • Assess impact of therapeutic interventions.
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2
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Do we still learn from the dead?

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Yes - post mortems, research etc

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3
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Describe people’s attitudes to early human dissection

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Frowned upon by religious authorities

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4
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What are the different types of autopsies that are performs in the 21st century?

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  • Medicolegal
  • Forensic
  • Consent (hospital)
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5
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What is a medicolegal autopsy?

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  • Performed on behalf of HM coroner

- No consent needed

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6
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What is a forensic autopsy?

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  • Sub-type of coroner’s post mortem

- Suspicious deaths

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7
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What is a consent (hospital) autopsy?

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  • Consent form next of kin

- May limit examination

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8
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Under what circumstance is a coroner’s autopsy performed?

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  • Legal requirement
  • Deceased unknown
  • Deceased not seen by a doctor within 14 days of death
  • Attending doctor not able to give cause of death
  • Obviously unnatural death
  • Death related to occupational disease/accident
  • Death related to medical treatment or procedure
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9
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What are the main things involved in an autopsy?

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  • History
  • External examination
  • Internal examination
  • Additional tests
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10
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What is involved in the external examination of an autopsy?

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  • Natural disease
  • Injury
  • Medical intervention
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11
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What is involved in an internal examination of an autopsy?

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  • All systems examined

- Limited sometimes - especially in consent cases

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12
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What additional test might be needed in an autopsy?

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Histology, toxicology, biochemistry, microbiology anf genetics

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13
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Why might histology be needed in an autopsy?

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  • For making a diagnosis

- For confirming a diagnosis

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14
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Why might toxicology be needed in an autopsy?

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  • Blood, urine, bile
  • Therapeutic drugs
  • Recreational drugs
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15
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Why might biochemistry be needed in an autopsy?

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  • Diabetic ketocidosis
  • Alcoholic ketoacidosis
  • Renal failure
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16
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Why might microbiology be needed in an autopsy?

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  • Bacteria
  • Viruses
  • Fungi
17
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Why might genetic be needed in an autopsy?

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  • DNA fingerprinting

- Criminal reasons i.e. elimination of a suspect

18
Q

What are the common causes of sudden death?

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Head, heart, blood vessels and lungs