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'''Forensic pathology''' is figuring-out why, when, where and how people died, if the manner of death is ''not'' obviously natural. | '''Forensic pathology''' is figuring-out why, when, where and how people died, if the manner of death is ''not'' obviously natural. | ||
=Manner of death= | =Death categorization= | ||
Deaths are categorized foremost by manner and '''manner of death''' is the most important legal aspect of death. | |||
The '''cause of death''' is of secondary important and is essential for understanding what happened. The '''mechanism of death''' is the pathophysiologic reason for death. | |||
Examples: | |||
*Electrocutation | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Cause of death | |||
!Manner of death | |||
!Mechanism of death | |||
!Scenario | |||
|- | |||
|[[Electrocution]] | |||
|accident | |||
|cardiac arrhythmia | |||
|man struck by lightening | |||
|- | |||
|Hyperthermia | |||
|accident | |||
|arrhythmias, seizures<ref name=fmuk>URL: [http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/ http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/pathology/mechanisms-of-death/]. Accessed on: 19 April 2012.</ref> | |||
|man lost on hiking trip in desert | |||
|- | |||
|[[Epidural hemorrhage]] due to [[blunt force trauma]] to the head | |||
|homicide | |||
|brain stem compression or cerebral vascular spasm leading to autonomic dysregulation | |||
|man hit with a hammer in the head | |||
|- | |||
|[[Carbon monoxide toxicity]] | |||
|suicide | |||
|cerebral hypoxia (CO binds to hemoglobin impairing oxygen transport) | |||
|woman found in car with suicide note, long history of depression | |||
|- | |||
|[[Atherosclerotic heart disease]] | |||
|natural | |||
|cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemia | |||
|man has 95% stenosis of LMCA - no other significant autopsy findings | |||
|} | |||
==Manner of death== | |||
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MANNER OF DEATH | MANNER OF DEATH | ||
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*#Undetermined. | *#Undetermined. | ||
=Cause of death= | ==Mechanism of death== | ||
This is occasionally of interest. It is usually based on physiology. | |||
==Cause of death== | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*The cause of death should be what started the sequence of events that lead to death. | *The cause of death should be what started the sequence of events that lead to death. | ||