Postbariatric surgery deaths, which fall under the jurisdiction of the coroner

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Omalu, Bennet I ^a,d   Luckasevic, Todd ^b   Shakir, Abdulrezzak M ^a   Rozin, Leon ^a   Wecht, Cyril H ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^c  

^a Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Coroner; Death; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONER; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PENNSYLVANIA; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4344571096     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000136638.26060.78     Document Type: Review

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