Guidelines for Reports by Autopsy Pathologists /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Adams, Vernard Irvine. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • Part I. Autopsy protocol
  • Purpose, structure, and organization
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • Organization
  • Measurements
  • Diagnostic terms
  • External Examination
  • Inventory of parts
  • Clothing and surface evidence
  • Identifying Features
  • Signs of death
  • Organization of external findings
  • Therapy
  • Organ and tissue dnation
  • Wounds by type
  • General organization
  • Outside-in
  • Paragraphs
  • Impact wounds
  • Blade wounds
  • Hanging
  • Firearm wounds
  • Burns and fire deaths
  • Wounds by organ
  • Measurements
  • Bones: General
  • Skull and Dura
  • Ribs
  • Long bones and pelvis
  • Vertebrae
  • Ligaments, joints and muscle
  • Body cavities
  • Aortic lacerations
  • Heart
  • Central nervous system
  • Lungs
  • Liver
  • Spleen
  • Internal examination
  • Autopsy procedures
  • Wounds, therapy, and donations
  • Body cavities
  • Heart and great vessels
  • lungs
  • Liver, bile ducts, gallbladder and pancreas
  • Reticuloendothelial system
  • Genitourinary system
  • Endocrine organs
  • Digestive organs
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Neck
  • Head
  • Tumors
  • Part II. Opinion reports
  • The logic of opinion formation
  • Definitions of cause, mechanism, and manner
  • Global approach
  • Synthesis of mechanism, cause, and manner
  • Competing diseases and injuries
  • Degree of certainty
  • Dignosis in tabular format
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • Diagnosis or finding?- What to include
  • Cause of death as diagnosis
  • Completeness and etiologic specificity
  • Diagnosis in Narrative Format: The Summary and opinion report
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • History
  • Autopsy Findings
  • Opinions
  • Part III. Other reports
  • Ancillary laboratory reports
  • Integration and investigation by pathologist
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • Case identification
  • Background Information
  • Environment
  • Body
  • Actions Taken
  • Animal bones
  • Purpose
  • Structure
  • Content
  • Part IV. Style
  • Construction
  • Sentences
  • Paragraphs
  • Abbreviations
  • Parentheses
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Natural indexing
  • Dictating to avoid editing
  • Attorneys’ rules of construction
  • Inserting minor opinions
  • Word Order
  • Terminology
  • Anatomical Terminology
  • Latin and Greek
  • Slang
  • Brand names
  • General Terminology.