end plate
end plate The area of the plasma membrane of a muscle cell that lies immediately beneath a motor nerve ending at a
neuromuscular junction. Release of a
neurotransmitter at the end plate induces contraction of the muscle fibre.
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Declining autopsy rate in a French hospital: Physicians' attitudes to the autopsy and use of autopsy material in research publications
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...legal constraints, autopsy reporting times...physicians requesting autopsies and pathologists regarding the usefulness of autopsy in patient care...A total of 1454 autopsies were reviewed. The autopsy rate declined from...
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Autopsy result utilization: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 256 laboratories
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...personnel regarding autopsies and to document...destination of autopsy reports. Design...information on 2755 autopsies. Results.-The aggregate autopsy rate was 12...8% of all autopsies. A clinical...to attend an autopsy if the patient...
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The autopsy as a performance measurement tool--diagnostic discrepancies and unresolved clinical questions: A college of American patholgists Q-Probes study of 2479 autopsies...
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...questions provided at autopsy and classified...Hospital-based autopsies performed at...resolved by the autopsy and percentage of autopsies with unexpected...questions from 2479 autopsies, overall 93...answered by the autopsy. The 3 most...
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Declining autopsy rates in stillbirths and infant deaths: Results from Funen County, Denmark, 1986-96
Magazine article from: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...in 22-40% of the autopsies, the study emphasizes autopsy as a useful investigation...development of the autopsy rate in stillbirths...gained by performing autopsies in these groups...death certificates and autopsy reports. Our data...
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Declining clinical autopsy rates versus increasing medicolegal autopsy rates in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Why the difference? A historical perspective
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...of the clinical autopsy are considered...rate of medicolegal autopsies has not been studied...and medicolegal autopsies for the metro Halifax...area. The clinical autopsy rate was consistently...performance of an autopsy entails, although...fully understand why autopsies are done. ...
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Molecular Autopsy vs Postmortem Genetic Testing/In reply
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...as there is no toxicologic autopsy or immunohistochemical autopsy, Dr Edwards contends that neither should there be a molecular autopsy. In principle, I agree with...articles describing molecular autopsies, published in the New England...
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Consecutive autopsies on an internal medicine service.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...to influence autopsy rates. Methods...consecutive deaths and autopsies on an inpatient...evident value of autopsies, there has...persistent decline in autopsy rates, particularly...blinded to the autopsy results. A review of the autopsies by a senior...
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AUTOPSY RATES SEEN DROPPING AT AREA TEACHING HOSPITALS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...doing half as many autopsies, and many community...dramatically declining autopsy rates, which the...doctors to do an autopsy, though 20 years...The majority of autopsies here now are requested...learning from the autopsy and applying it...precipitous decline in autopsies over the ...
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AUTOPSIES SHOW UNDIAGNOSED CANCERS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/13/1998; 700+ words
; ...Medical Center say that autopsies revealed a 44 percent...pathologist during the autopsy. Overall there were...hospitals perform almost no autopsies. Lundberg blames a...impending death of the autopsy. Stanford University...that the decline in autopsies is hurting medicine...
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The autopsy lexicon: Suggested headings for the autopsy report
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the potential usefulness of autopsy reports for electronic data...categories of information within autopsy reports. The headings presented...hospital-based and forensic autopsies. This document is intended...suggestions and options for autopsy report organization and should...
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Autopsy
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...year or more learning to do autopsies. Under the laws of most states, an autopsy can be ordered by the government...depends on the jurisdiction. Autopsies can be ordered in every...play. In most states, an autopsy can be ordered when there...
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Autopsy, Psychological
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...using the psychological autopsy method investigated...suicide. Psychological autopsies have confirmed that...However, psychological autopsy studies for research...All psychological autopsies are based upon possibly...the psychological autopsy constitutes one of the...
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autopsy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...Pathologists then use the autopsy to investigate the details...with the death. The medical autopsy also serves researchers studying...clinical record. Most medical autopsies require the consent of the...science. The word ‘autopsy’, comes from the...
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Exhumation
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...a court to carry out or repeat an autopsy to gain new forensic evidence . This is more likely in countries where the autopsy rate is low. With cremation becoming...have been some decomposition so any autopsy will need to be performed promptly...
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Coroner
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...is being held. A needless autopsy may be considered unreasonable...however, a coroner may hold an autopsy without the consent of the...perform improper or unauthorized autopsies. To examine the body during an autopsy, a coroner may hire an expert...
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