Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas

ISBN-13: 9780323287807 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 400 str.

Andrew Connolly

Opis

A mainstay for pathology residents, Autopsy Pathology is designed with a uniquely combined manual and atlas format that presents today's most complete coverage of performing, interpreting, and reporting post-mortem examinations. This lasting and useful medical reference book offers a practical, step-by-step approach to discussing not only the basics of the specialty, but the performance of specialized autopsy procedures as well.

Recenzje

"... Elsevier's "Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas” is an excellent new book and a very useful tool for all pathologists, whether still in training or already practicing, and this may be interesting to pathology assistants as well. It should find its place in all institutions involved in autopsy pathology.”

"... Elsevier's "Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas" is an excellent new book and a very useful tool for all pathologists, whether still in training or already practicing, and this may be interesting to pathology assistants as well. It should find its place in all institutions involved in autopsy pathology."

-European Journal of Pathology, April 2016

Spis treści

1. The Autopsy--Past and Present

2. Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues

3. Autopsy Biosafety

4. Basic Postmortem Examination

5. Postmortem Examination of Fetuses and Infants

6. Special Dissection Procedures

7. Autopsy Photography and Radiology

8. Microscopic Examination

9. Microscopic Findings

10. Supplemental Laboratory Studies

11. The Autopsy Report

12. Sudden Death Due to Natural Causes

13. Multiple Organ Dysfunction and Sepsis

14. Death Certification

15. Quality Management

16. Atlas of Autopsy Pathology

Appendix A: Description of Gross Autopsy Findings

17. Appendix B: Measures, Weights, and Assessment of Growth and Development

O autorze

Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, Director, Autopsy Service, Moffitt-Long Hospital, San Francisco, California