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Showing 1 to 20 of 855 for “"cause of death"”.
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Natural causes: Do physicians code for uncertainty In cause of death?
Cause of death (COD) determination by physicians on the death certificate can be difficult when the conditions leading to death are unclear or uncertain. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends the classification for these deaths should be “undetermined natural causes” (ICD-10 code R99). …
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Quality of cause of death certification at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town
Cause of death certification continues to be a useful tool in obtaining demographic, epidemiological and legal information. However errors in death certification are widespread and range from incomplete certificates to inaccurate causes and manners of death. The accuracy of the immediate and …
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Clinically Detectable Chronic Disease, Not the Cause of Death, as Revealed at Autopsy
Advancement in the field of medicine has progressed at a rapid rate during the last 50 years. During this time finer diagnostic tools have been developed and keener diagnostic methods have been employed. Studies on the etiology of disease have led to the practice of immunization against many …
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Machine Learning for Injuries Cause of Death Assignment: A New Method for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Globally, injuries were responsible for 8% of deaths in 2017 and have been a neglected source of burden, especially in many low income countries.1,2 Effective public health interventions and decision making rely on accurate estimates of injuries burden; however, inconsistent and unreliable coding …
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Opioid overdose trends in children, adolescents and young adults
… from the CDC WONDER database, using the Multiple Cause of Death Data. Opioid overdose deaths were identified with underlying cause of death codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, and Y10–Y14 and multiple cause of death codes T40.0–T40.4 and T40.6. Trends were evaluated by year, age, gender, race/ethnicity, …
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Virtual autopsy: Μπορεί να αντικαταστήσει τη συμβατική νεκροψία-νεκροτομή; Σύγκριση της αποτελεσματικότητας των ελάχιστα ή μη επεμβατικών απεικονιστικών μεθόδων με την κλασική νεκροτομή για τον προσδιορισμό της αιτίας θανάτου / Virtual autopsy: Can it replace the conventional autopsy? A comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of minimally or non-invasive imaging modalities versus conventional autopsy in determining the cause of death
Η νεκροψία–νεκροτομή αποτελεί διαχρονικά τη μέθοδο αναφοράς για τον προσδιορισμό της αιτίας θανάτου, τόσο σε κλινικό όσο και σε ιατροδικαστικό πλαίσιο. Ωστόσο, τα τελευταία έτη παρατηρείται διεθνώς σημαντική μείωση των ποσοστών διενέργειάς της, λόγω ηθικών, θρησκευτικών, κοινωνικών και πρακτικών …
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Retrospective analysis of infection-related deaths of sudden unexpected death in infancy cases at Salt River Mortuary
Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) remains a global concern and is a particular burden in South Africa. Infections have been previously linked to SUDI deaths, but empirical data in a South African context is lacking. This study aimed to explore the burden and risk factors of …
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The best of times, the worst of times: A bio-cultural analysis of the Ferguson District, 1892-1909
This study concerns an analysis of the Ferguson District, a late 19th-early 20th century gold mining district in southeastern Lincoln County, Nevada. Historical events are reconstructed for the boom years between 1892-1909 and critical bio-cultural variables investigated. The hypothesis that …
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Nursing Faculty's Awareness and Knowledge About Suicidality in Black Nursing Students: a Qualitative Study
… in the United States making it the 10th leading cause of death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2019; National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2019). Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 10- to 34-year-olds in the U.S. (Bridge et al., 2018; CDC, 2018; Horwitz et …
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Views and perceptions of advanced life support practitioners on initiating, withholding and terminating resuscitation in out of hospital cardiac arrest in the emergency medical services of the Western Cape
Non-communicable disease as a cause of death is on the rise. Cardiovascular disease was the main non-communicable cause of death in South Africa and the Western Cape in 2018, comprising of 18.9% of all deaths in the country. (1) Cardiovascular disease remains the predominant cause of …
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The knowledge and management of Tuberculosis among patients and health workers at Otjiwarongo hospital, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia
… countries. Globally, it is the leading cause of death resulting from a single infectious disease
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Evaluation of Lower Extremity Injury Mitigation and Investigation of Thoracolumbar Loading of Restrained Occupants During Frontal Crashes
Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) of passenger vehicles are commonly cited and reported in published literature as a leading cause of death and injury. Similarly, in motorsports, on-track crashes are the leading cause of driver injury.
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Midlife Suicide: Examination Through an Ecological and Interpersonal Lens
… in the United States. It is the fourth leading cause of death among persons aged 35–54 years and the eighth leading cause of death among persons aged 55–64 years. The primary purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study is to examine, describe, and understand the lived experiences of …
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Synthesis of analogues of mycothiol as possible inhibitors of enzymes in the biosynthesis of mycothiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis and is a leading pathogenic cause of death worldwide. The rise of mycobacterial resistance to common antituberculars such as isoniazid and rifampicin, along with the lethal alliance of HIV and M. tuberculosis co-infection, has led to …
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The prevalence of infection related death at Salt River Mortuary for the years 2013 and 2014
Infection related death is of major concern world-wide. This is especially true in developing countries where there is a high burden of disease. In some cases infections may present atypically and death occurs without a diagnosis in life. Many countries, including South Africa, classify these …
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Chapters from modeling mortality in Hungary
… in Hungary, and aims to support the development of the population projection model of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. From the Lee–Carter model family, we have selected both those used to forecast mortality in a single population, and those used to study the mortality of different …
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Promotion of breast self examination in the context of diagnosis and management of breast disease
… Kingdom, and the disease is the most common cause of death in women aged 35 to 54 years. Various aetiological factors have been identified, but the known risk factors are not sufficiently predictive to form the basis of programmes for the primary prevention of breast cancer.
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An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women
This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been escalating in Sub-Saharan Africa and has …
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Examining a Community Action Planning Process to Mobilize a Coalition to Prevent Youth Violence: A Case Study of the ThrYve Initiative
… Prevention, youth homicide is the third leading cause of death for all youth ages 10 to 24 and the leading cause of death for Black youth. Comprehensive community approaches may address risk factors across socio-ecological levels to prevent youth violence. Community coalitions can serve as a …
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Psychosocial Adjustment Following Stroke
Stroke is the third most common cause of death in Australia. To date, there has been extensive research conducted on the reactive consequences following the diagnosis of stroke. In contrast, there has been limited research effort directed at understanding how some stroke survivors manage to adjust …
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