Forensic Pathology of Infancy and Childhood

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Collins, Kim A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Byard, Roger W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Forensic science.; Forensic medicine.; Pathology.; Pediatrics.; Biomedicine.; Forensic Science.; Forensic Medicine.

The investigation of sudden or unexplained death of children represents a unique medical and forensic area of study. Children have unique anatomic and functional characteristics that must be recognized and understood by the medical investigator. Further complicating this process is the fact that the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A History of Pediatric Forensic Pathology
• Pediatric Death Scene Investigation
• The Pediatric Autopsy
• Fetal, Intrapartum, and Neonatal Deaths
• Placental and Maternal Conditions in Perinatal Deaths
• Birth Trauma
• Neonaticide
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC)
• Pediatric Asphyxial Deaths
• Factitious Illness by Proxy in Children
• Cutaneous Findings in Children
• Skin Conditions Mimicking Pediatric Inflicted Injury
• Blunt Abdominal and Thoracic Injuries in Children
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Injuries in Children
• Evaluation of Pediatric Fractures at Autopsy
• Dating of Other Injuries in Children
• Fatal Pediatric Craniocerebral and Spinal Trauma
• Biomechanics of Pediatric Head Injury
• Ocular Findings in Pediatric Inflicted Injury
• Neuroimaging of Pediatric Inflicted Injury
• Non-Central Nervous System Imaging of Pediatric Inflicted Injury
• Adolescent Homicide
• Pediatric Sexual Abuse
• Starvation, Malnutrition, Dehydration, and Fatal Neglect
• Pediatric Suicide
• Sports-Related Injuries and Deaths
• Other Pediatric Accidental Deaths
• Pediatric Iatrogenic Deaths
• Pediatric Toxicology
• Pediatric Natural Deaths
• Cardiac Channelopathies and the Molecular Autopsy
• Other Pediatric Cardiac Conditions
• Childhood Obesity
• Pediatric Metabolic Diseases
• The Disabled Child
• Pediatric Anthropology and Odontology
• Ancillary Studies and Dissection Techniques in the Pediatric Autopsy
• Pediatric Organ and Tissue Donation
• Death Certification
• Expert Testimony in Pediatric Forensics
• Appendices                  .