Performance of post-mortem CT compared to autopsy in children

Krentz, Beatriz V; Alamo, Leonor; Grimm, Jochen; Dedouit, Fabrice; Bruguier, Christine; Chevallier, Christine; Egger, Coraline; Da Silva, Luiz F F; Grabherr, Silke

doi:10.1007/s00414-016-1370-z

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Title		Performance of post-mortem CT compared to autopsy in children
Authors		Krentz, Beatriz V Alamo, Leonor Grimm, Jochen Dedouit, Fabrice Bruguier, Christine Chevallier, Christine Egger, Coraline Da Silva, Luiz F F Grabherr, Silke show all authors [1 - 9]
Published in		International journal of legal medicine. 2016, vol. 130, no. 4, p. 1089-1099
Abstract		Radiological techniques such as non-enhanced post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) play an increasingly important role in death investigations, especially in cases of non-medicolegal context of death, where the consent of the next of kin is required to perform autopsy. Such consent is often difficult to obtain for deceased children, and radiological methods may be an acceptable alternative. The aim of our study was to evaluate the performance of PMCT explorations compared to medicolegal conventional autopsies in children and its potential usefulness in non-medicolegal situations.
Keywords		Autopsy/methods — Cause of Death — Child — Child — Preschool — Female — Forensic Pathology/methods — Humans — Infant — Infant — Newborn — Male — Multidetector Computed Tomography — Retrospective Studies
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1370-z PMID: 27221535
Full text		Article (Published version) (3 MB) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale
Research group		Groupe Silke Grabherr (969)
Citation (ISO format)		KRENTZ, Beatriz V et al. Performance of post-mortem CT compared to autopsy in children. In: International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2016, vol. 130, n° 4, p. 1089-1099. doi: 10.1007/s00414-016-1370-z https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:111986