Postmortem computed tomography is an informative approach for prevention of sudden unexpected natural death in the elderly

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 13-20

  Kaneko, Toshihiro ^a,b   Hibi, Miyuki ^a   Ishibashi, Miki ^a   Nakatsuka, Atsuhiro ^b,c   Omori, Yukinari ^a   Ishikura, Ken ^a   Hatada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takeda, Taichi ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Takeda, Kan ^c  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Autopsy Imaging Center   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Bathing related sudden death (BRSD); Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT); Sudden unexpected natural death (SUND)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BATH; BEREAVEMENT; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78649798793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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