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what is ghon or letulle procedure?
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en bloc autopsy
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what is virchow or rokitansky technique?
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individual tech autopsy
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if you suspect infectious COD, what ancillary study do you perform?
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microbial cultures
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why are microbial cultures in ancillary studies limited?
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non specific poastmortem bacti proliferation
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what do you culture if you suspect sepsis
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blood and spleen
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where can you take viral cultures from
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almost anywhere
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____ analysis is performed when suspected overt genetic abnormality in which sampling of tissues retaining viability at the time of autopsy such as skin pericardium or placenta
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cytogenic-- most grow cells so that you can do chromosomes
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what specimen is good for metabolic defect testing
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fresh or frozen liver
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if you suspect mad cow, what study do you do
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special diagnositics WB
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when is tissue archiving very important
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hereditary cancer syndromes
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what are three incidents where atuopsies are limited
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smothering
cardiac arrythmias specific lesions |
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____ of death refers to the rsponsiblity of demise
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manner
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what are the possible manners of death
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SHAUN
suicide homicide accident undetermined natural |
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_____ of death is the physiological process that inevitably leads to cell death and death of an organism
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mechanism
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___ of death is what sets the mechanism in motion
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cause
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what are two categories of COD
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underlying
immediate |
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for example, breast cancer is the ___ COD, while pulmonary embolus is the ___ COD
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underlying
immediate |
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what are contributing factors
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factors that may not have played any role in the sequence of events in the mechanism but likely contributed in some way to the immediate COD
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T or F. cardio pulmonary arrest is a COD
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false in the case of the death certificate --> underlying disease resulting in death is the COD
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ex. a persons heart stops after surgery. What is the COD and manner?
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coronary artery disease
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