NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
Question
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clinical autopsy
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forensic autopsy
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external autopsy
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virtual autopsy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Clinical autopsy, loosely termed as pathological autopsy, is carried out to diagnose the disease which has caused the mortality when ante-mortem efforts have failed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clinical or pathological autopsies are performed to diagnose a particular disease or for research purposes. They aim to determine, clarify, or confirm medical diagnoses that remained unknown or unclear before the patient’s death.
Detailed explanation-3: -A post-mortem examination, also known as an autopsy, is the examination of a body after death. The aim of a post-mortem is to determine the cause of death. Post-mortems are carried out by pathologists (doctors who specialise in understanding the nature and causes of disease).
Detailed explanation-4: -An autopsy, or post mortem, is the medical examination of a body and the internal organs after a person has died. There are two types of autopsy – a coroner’s autopsy and a hospital autopsy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Medico-Legal Autopsy or Forensic or coroner’s autopsies. Anatomical or academic autopsies. Clinical or Pathological autopsies.