General Pathology: Autopsy

General Pathology: Autopsy — Expert Reference

How it begins

Análisis exhaustivo de los fundamentos históricos, técnicos, histopatológicos, tanatológicos, moleculares y médico-legales de la autopsia. Desde la técnica clásica de Virchow hasta la autopsia molecular y la virtopsia por imagen.

What it covers

1. History and Conceptualization of the Autopsy
2. Legal, Ethical Framework and Types of Autopsy
3. · Classification of Autopsies
4. · Spanish Legislation
5. · Indications for Mandatory Judicial Autopsy in Spain
6. · Ethical Aspects of Consent
7. Clinical and Forensic Indications
8. · Indications for Clinical Autopsy (European Consensus)
9. Complete Autopsy Technique
10. · Preparation and External Exam
11. · Cavity Opening Techniques
12. · Standard Dissection Protocol — Step by Step
13. Thanatology: Post-Mortem Changes and Date of Death
14. · Abiotic Signs of Death (Early)
15. · Late Cadaveric Phenomena (Destructive)
16. · Estimation of the Post-Mortem Interval (PMI)
17. Post-Mortem Histopathology
18. · Post-Mortem Histological Artifacts
19. · Histological Processing in Autopsy
20. · Histological Diagnosis of Post-Mortem Myocardial Ischemia
21. Relevant Macroscopic Findings by Organ
22. Sudden Cardiac Death and Channelopathies
23. · Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death by Age Groups
24. · Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) — Autopsy Aspects
25. · Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD/ARVC)
26. · Chanalopathies — The "Negative" Cardiac Autopsy
27. Medical-Legal Autopsy (Forensic)
28. · Types of Injuries by Mechanism
29. Post-Mortem Toxicology
30. · Samples of Choice and Order of Preference
31. · Post-Mortem Redistribution (RPM)
32. · Interpretation of Post-Mortem Alcoholemia
33. Perinatal, Fetal and Neonatal Autopsy
34. · Specific Indications
35. · Technical Particularities
36. · Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS/SIDS)
37. Molecular Autopsy and Post-Mortem Biobank
38. · Clinical Applications of Molecular Autopsy
39. · Obtaining and Preservation of Molecular Material in Autopsy
40. Minimally Invasive Autopsy and Virtopsy (PMCT/PMMR)
41. · Post-Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT)
42. · PMCT with Post-Mortem Angiography (PMCTA)
43. · Post-Mortem MRI (PMMR)
44. · Image Guided Post-Mortem Biopsy (MIA-B)
45. Autopsy Report and Determination of the Cause of Death
46. · Structure of the Autopsy Report
47. · Determination of Cause of Death
48. · Discordance Classification (Goldman Classes)
49. Quality Control and Value of the Autopsy
50. · Historical Clinical-Pathological Discordance Rate
51. · Historical Medical Discoveries by Autopsy
52. Biosafety in the Autopsy Room
53. · Standard Autopsy PPE
54. · Special Risk Pathogens in Autopsy
55. Final Conceptual Integration