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Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging in the Investigation of Nontraumatic Death in Infants and Children
Joint Authors
Kaneko, Kazunari I.
Tsuji, Shoji
Tanigawa, Noboru
Noda, Yukihiro
Yoshimura, Ken
Ohashi, Atsushi
Kawasaki, Hirohide
Ikeda, Shigeki
Kurokawa, Hiroaki
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To determine the accuracy of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) for the assessment of causes in nontraumatic deaths in children.
Study Design.
We enrolled cases of nontraumatic deaths of infants and children who underwent PMCT at a single center.
The presumed cause of death determined by PMCT was prospectively compared with the clinical and pathological diagnoses of deaths.
Results.
Thirty-eight cases were enrolled for analysis.
Among them, seven cases also underwent conventional medical autopsy.
PMCT revealed an identifiable cause of death in accordance with the clinical diagnosis of death in 16 cases of the 38 cases (the concordance rate was 42%) and in accordance with the autopsy cause of death in four of the seven autopsy cases (the concordance rate was 57%).
Among eight cases with unknown cause of death by clinical diagnosis, four cases (50%) were identified with cardiac tamponade as a cause of death (one case) and intracranial hemorrhage suggesting abuse (3 cases).
Conclusions.
PMCT seems to be a promising technique that might serve as a substitute for conventional medical autopsy and give us the complementary information to clinical diagnoses particularly in cases of child abuse.
Larger multicenter trials are worthwhile to validate the general feasibility of PMCT.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Noda, Yukihiro& Yoshimura, Ken& Tsuji, Shoji& Ohashi, Atsushi& Kawasaki, Hirohide& Kaneko, Kazunari I.…[et al.]. 2013. Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging in the Investigation of Nontraumatic Death in Infants and Children. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030399
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Noda, Yukihiro…[et al.]. Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging in the Investigation of Nontraumatic Death in Infants and Children. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030399
American Medical Association (AMA)
Noda, Yukihiro& Yoshimura, Ken& Tsuji, Shoji& Ohashi, Atsushi& Kawasaki, Hirohide& Kaneko, Kazunari I.…[et al.]. Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging in the Investigation of Nontraumatic Death in Infants and Children. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030399
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1030399