Clara Menéndez and colleagues consider the importance of conducting autopsies and possible alternative methods for determining cause of death in resource-limited settings.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710495 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001927 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Potentiating microglial efferocytosis by MFG-E8 improves survival and neurological outcome after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation in mice.
Brain Pathol
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Brain injury represents the leading cause of mortality and disability after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from cardiac arrest (CA), in which the accumulation of dying cells aggravate tissue injury by releasing proinflammatory intracellular components. Microglia play an essential role in maintaining brain homeostasis via milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8 (MFG-E8)-opsonized efferocytosis, the engulfment of dying cells and debris. This study investigates whether potentiating microglia efferocytosis by MFG-E8 provides neuroprotection after CA/CPR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResuscitation, yes or no ? the criteria for transferring patients with hematological malignancies to intensive care. A qualitative study.
BMC Palliat Care
December 2024
Palliative Care Unit, Louise Michel Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, 54 rue Montalembert BP69, Clermont-Ferrand, Cedex 1, Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France.
Background: Having a hematological malignancy increases the risk of a poor-quality end of life and of dying in intensive care. There is no prognostic score to predict survival on admission to intensive care, but many patients die there. To identify the criteria used in deciding to transfer patients with hematological malignancies to intensive care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociations between physicians' personal preferences for end-of-life decisions and their own clinical practice: PROPEL survey study in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Palliat Med
December 2024
End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Physicians have significant influence on end-of-life decisions. Therefore, it is important to understand the connection between physicians' personal end-of-life care preferences and clinical practice, and whether there is congruence between what they prefer for themselves and for patients.
Aim: Study to what extent physicians believe their personal end-of-life preferences impact their clinical practice and to what extent physicians' personal treatment option preferences differ from what they prefer for their patients.
How to prevent and how to treat dyspnea in critically ill patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation.
Curr Opin Crit Care
February 2025
Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique.
Purpose Of Review: To summarize current data regarding the prevalence, risk factors, consequences, assessment and treatment of dyspnea in critically ill patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.
Recent Findings: In intubated patients, dyspnea is frequent, perceived as intense, and associated with unfavorable outcomes such as immediate and unbearable distress (e.g.
Complete aortic rupture following wakeboarding accident.
Leg Med (Tokyo)
November 2024
Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Turmstrasse 21, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
Wakeboarding is a sport associated with various types of injuries, primarily affecting the upper and lower limbs. In this case, a 44-year-old man fell from a ramp while wakeboarding and barely managed to reach the shore before dying shortly afterward. An autopsy revealed a complete rupture of the thoracic aorta along with a fracture of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!