RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE COMPARISON OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL AND IN -HOSPITAL SUDDEN CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH: AN ITALIAN EXPERIENCE.
A retrospective study of forensic autopsies was carried out in the time interval January 2007 to December 2012 at the Forensic Pathology Service, Catania, south Italy, with a reference population of 3 000 000 inhabitants. During the study period, 1346 forensic autopsies were performed, including...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2015/Indorato_14.pdf |
| Summary: | A retrospective study of forensic autopsies was carried out in the time interval January
2007 to December 2012 at the Forensic Pathology Service, Catania, south Italy, with a
reference population of 3 000 000 inhabitants. During the study period, 1346 forensic
autopsies were performed, including 223 (16.57%) sudden/unexpected deaths.
Among the latter, 116 fulfilled the criteria of out-of-hospital (Group A) and 107 were
in-hospital (Group B) sudden/unexpected deaths with suspected medical malpractice
and/or a professional liability claim.
In Group A, coronary artery disease was the most common cause of death (N=67;
57.65 %), followed by cardiomyopathies (N=19, 16.38%) and myocarditis (N= 6;
17%). In Group B, coronary artery disease (N=32, 29.91%), post-procedural or postsurgical
complications (N=30, 28.04%), pulmonary thromboembolism (N= 17;
15.89%) and aortic dissection (N=7, 6.54%) were the main causes of death. |
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| ISSN: | 2279-7165 2279-7165 |