Diagnostic Pathology: Hospital Autopsy, 2nd Edition

by Dylan V. Miller, MD and Billie S. Fyfe, MD

Hardcover

ISBN: 9780443235023

Publication Date: 05-06-2024

Page Count: 464

Imprint: Elsevier

List Price: $262.99

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Key Features
- Features complete coverage of every aspect of autopsy practice―including clinical presentation with chart review, technical and diagnostic aspects of autopsy performance, and reporting
- Presents classic autopsy techniques while also emphasizing the role of molecular studies and other laboratory and ancillary tests not commonly thought of during autopsy practice
- Contains new material on emerging pathogens and medical entities (patterns of disease caused by COVID-19 or vaccine complications, multisystem inflammatory disorders in children, adenoviral hepatitis in children, etc.), toxicity/pathology associated with new drug therapies (immune checkpoint inhibitor and vaccine-related immune events, etc.), new cardiac and other medical devices, expanded coverage of autopsy histology, and more
- Features new or updated content on morgue/autopsy suite maintenance, enhanced biosafety techniques, the role of the autopsy practitioner in a pandemic setting, and more
- Provides important clinical and diagnostic information through more than 1,300 clinical and gross pathology photographs, histologic images, full-color illustrations, and radiologic images
- Includes case presentations highlighting important aspects of reporting that affect clinicians as well as next of kin
- Focuses on pathologists in hospital settings, but also provides value to forensic pathologists, private practice pathologists, and others involved in death investigation, such as coroners, medical examiners, law enforcement, and pathology residents
- Employs consistently templated chapters, bulleted content, key facts, a variety of tables, annotated images, pertinent references, and an extensive index for quick, expert reference
- Includes an eBook version that enables you to access all text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Contents

SECTION 1: AUTOPSY FUNDAMENTALS
SECTION 2: ORGAN SYSTEM APPROACH TO AUTOPSY SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH
SECTION 3: DISEASE PROCESS APPROACH TO AUTOPSY
Authors

Dylan V. Miller, MD, Professor (Clinical), Department of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Director of Electron Microscopy and Immunostains Intermountain Central Laboratory Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and Billie S. Fyfe, MD, Professor of Pathology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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