Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy Pathology (eBook)

Enid Gilbert-Barness, Diane E. Debich-Spicer (Autoren)

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2005
XIV, 532 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59259-673-7 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive reference guide to the successful performance of pediatric autopsies and to the optimal recognition and interpretation of their pathologic findings. The authors cover such major developmental disorders as hydrops, chromosomal defects, and congenital abnormalities, metabolic disorders, and review the major organ systems. Additional chapters address sudden infant death, cytogenetics, the medical and forensic autopsy, special procedures, cultures and infection control, and biological hazards at the autopsy. Numerous standard reference tables, copious illustrations and drawings, and an appendix at the end of each chapter provide a wealth of practical information and bibliographic citations.

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In recent years the importance and demand for pediatric autopsies has accelerated. There is a great need for the pediatric autopsy to be approached with great care in technique and dissection and to recognize malformations that may be easily overlooked by the uninitiated. Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy Pathology includes a general description of the techniques in the pediatric autopsy including the death certificate, cause and manner of death, obtaining permission from the family, and also discusses major malformations and disorders in each organ system. This book also covers extensive developments that enhance the importance of the autopsy, especially within the fetal and perinatal pathology fields. These developments and features include a summary of special techniques including the autopsy on metabolic disorders, the medicolegal and forensic autopsy, handling of biological hazards at the autopsy, infectious control, as well as the careful performance of perinatal autopsies followed by dissemination of the findings to parents, clinicians, and public health organizations as an important measure in the reduction of perinatal mortality and morbidity. This text will provide the prosector with a valuable source of information for conducting a meaningful and comprehensive autopsy, of which every general and pediatric pathologist should have a working knowledge.

Inhalt

Part I: General Principles

General Principles

Part II: Techniques

Pediatric Autopsy: Fetus, Newborn, and Child

Examination of the Human Embryo

The Placenta

Part III: Developmental Disorders

Hydrops

Chromosomal Defects

Congenital Abnormalities

Part IV: Organ Systems and Metabolic Disorders

Cardiovascular System

Respiratory System

Gastrointestinal System

Liver, Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas

Renal System

Male and Female Genitourinary Systems

Central Nervous System

Thymus, Spleen, Lymph Nodes, and Immunodeficiency

Skeletal System

Eye and Adnexa Sectioning

Metabolic Diseases

Part V: Special Considerations

Sudden Infant Death

Pediatric Forensic Pathology

Special Procedures

Infection Control and Biological Hazards in the Autopsy

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.8.2008
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 532 p. 967 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie
• Schlagworte: Embryo • Fetus • forensic pathology • Genetics • Thymus
• ISBN-10: 1-59259-673-8 / 1592596738
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59259-673-7 / 9781592596737