The Hospital autopsy

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅷ
• Acknowledgements = ⅸ
• List of Contributors = ⅹ
• 1 Historical introduction / D. W. K. Cotton = 1
• 2 Autopsies, the deceased＇s relatives and the law / S. S. Cross = 8
• Should the case be referred to the coroner? = 8
• The Human Tissue Act 1961 = 10
• The Cremation (Amendment) Regulations 1984 = 13
• 3 Biological safety / D. M. Harris = 15
• Introduction = 15
• Risks = 16
• Hazards = 20
• Barriers = 22
• Making it work = 29
• 4 Autopsy suite: design and construction / S. S. Cross = 32
• General layout = 32
• Changing facilities = 33
• Body storage = 33
• Specimen storage = 33
• Office facilities = 34
• Dissection area = 34
• Observation area = 34
• Facilities for autopsies on bodies with known ＇danger of infection' = 35
• Viewing facilities for relatives and friends of the deceased = 35
• 5 The basic hospital autopsy / D. W. K. Cotton = 37
• Introduction = 37
• External examination = 37
• Internal examination = 39
• 6 Special procedures / D. W. K. Cotton ; S. S. Cross = 67
• Removal of the eyes = 67
• Removal of the femur = 68
• Assessment of osteoporosis = 68
• Demonstration of pneumothorax = 69
• Demonstration of air embolus = 74
• Examination of the conducting system of the heart = 75
• Dissecting the heart in echocardiographic planes = 78
• Parasitology = 79
• Radiology and angiology = 80
• Eversion of the oesophagus = 81
• Macroscopic dye techniques = 81
• Crystal deposition = 85
• The needle autopsy = 86
• Lung inflation = 86
• Histology = 87
• 7 Examination of the nervous system / C. Smith = 88
• Introduction = 88
• Removal of the brain = 88
• Dissection of a skull = 90
• Peliminary inspection and handling of the brain = 91
• Removal of the neck = 92
• Dissection of the neck = 95
• Muscles and peripheral nerves = 97
• 8 Fetal, perinatal and infant autopsies / S. Variend = 99
• Introduction = 99
• Fetal, perinatal and neonatal autopsy = 99
• The standard protocol = 100
• Clinical situations requiring additional investigation = 101
• The infant autopsy = 108
• Appendix: post-mortem examination of the infant(1 week to 2 years) = 113
• 9 The maternal autopsy / D. I. Rushton = 116
• Introduction = 116
• Definitions = 117
• Causes of maternal death = 118
• Clinical data and their interpretation = 118
• The autopsy = 120
• Systematic pathology = 122
• Histological studies = 123
• Special staining techniques = 124
• Examination of the products of conception = 125
• The problem case = 125
• 10 Clinical demonstration, autopsy report and teaching / S. S. Cross = 127
• Clinical demonstrations = 127
• Autopsy reports = 128
• Teaching = 131
• 11 Toxicological and biochemical analysis / A. R. W. Forrest = 134
• Introduction = 134
• Sampling = 134
• The analyese = 137
• Toxicological analyses = 139
• Special circumstances = 140
• 12 The microbi9ology of the autopay / R. C. Spencer = 144
• Introduction = 144
• Historical = 144
• Obtaining microbiology specimens = 145
• Tuberculosis = 147
• Pneumonia = 147
• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) = 148
• Fungal infections = 149
• Gastro-enteritis = 150
• Endocarditis = 150
• Meningitis = 151
• Sepitc abortion／intra-uterine deaths = 151
• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) = 151
• Toxic shock syndrome = 152
• Effect of prior antimicrobial treatment = 152
• Litigation = 152
• Alcohol and microbes = 153
• Microbial aspects of a drug abuse death = 153
• Conclusion = 154
• 13 Museum design and preparation / S. S. Cross = 158
• Preservation = 158
• Presentation of specimens = 161
• 14 Autopsies and clinical audit / J. C. E. Underwood = 163
• Verification of clinical diagnoses = 164
• Death certification and the autopsy = 165
• Auditing perioperative deaths = 165
• Auditing medical treatment = 166
• Auditing Diagnostic imaging = 167
• Sampling and selection of cases for audit = 167
• Recording autopsy data for audit = 167
• Closing the 'audit loop' = 169
• Auditing the autopsy = 170
• Conclusions = 171
• Index = 173