Sudden Suspected Death in Emergency Department: Autopsy Results

SUMMARY: Objectives: Sudden deaths occur within 24 hours after symptoms' onset and are caused by cardiac, neurological and pulmonary diseases. Autopsy is the gold standard in determining cause of death. In this study, death's etiology was evaluated in cases applied to our department that...

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Main Authors: Mehtap GURGER, Abdurrahim TURKOGLU, Metin ATESCELIK, Turgay BORK, Mehmet TOKDEMIR, Omer Dogan ALATAS, Evren EKINGEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316300589