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==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 05:18, 21 July 2016

Sudden natural death happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).

By system

Respiratory[1]

Cerebral

Sudden cardiac death

Older

Younger

Notes:

  • The mechanism is usually arrhythmia.
    • Generally, this is usually not provable at autopsy; however, some findings have been proposed.[3]

Detailed cardiac[1]

Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:[5]

  • CPVT.
  • Sodium channel disease.
  • Brugada syndrome.

By mechanism

Hemorrhagic[1]

See also

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 de la Grandmaison GL (January 2006). "Is there progress in the autopsy diagnosis of sudden unexpected death in adults?". Forensic Sci. Int. 156 (2-3): 138–44. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.024. PMID 16410164.
  2. MSP. 29 September 2010.
  3. Baroldi, G.; Silver, MD.; Parolini, M.; Pomara, C.; Turillazzi, E.; Fineschi, V. (Apr 2005). "Myofiberbreak-up: a marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death.". Int J Cardiol 100 (3): 435-41. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.007. PMID 15837088.
  4. URL: http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
  5. MSP. 29 September 2010: