Difference between revisions of "Sudden natural death"

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*SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in [[epilepsy]]).
*SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in [[epilepsy]]).


===Cardiac===
===Sudden cardiac death===
====Older====
====Older====
*Atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD); [[AKA]] coronary artery disease (CAD).  
*Atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD); [[AKA]] coronary artery disease (CAD).  

Revision as of 14:15, 27 April 2012

Sudden natural death happens. It must be differentiated from other ways of dying (suicide, homicide, accidental).

By system

Respiratory[1]

Cerebral

  • SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).

Sudden cardiac death

Older

  • Atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD); AKA coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • Hypertensive heart disease - a heart > ~400 g is considered good enough if nothing else is present.[2]

Younger

Notes:

  • The mechanism is usually arrhythmia; this is usually not provable at autopsy.

Detailed cardiac[1]

Post-mortem (molecular) testing for arrhythmias:[4]

  • CPVT.
  • Sodium channel disease.
  • Brugada syndrome.

By mechanism

Hemorrhagic[1]

  • Ruptured AAA.
  • Peptic ulcer.
  • Cerebral aneurysm.

See also

Reference

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 de la Grandmaison GL (January 2006). "Is there progress in the autopsy diagnosis of sudden unexpected death in adults?". Forensic Sci. Int. 156 (2-3): 138–44. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.024. PMID 16410164.
  2. MSP. 29 September 2010.
  3. URL: http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
  4. MSP. 29 September 2010: