Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy Pathology

In recent years the importance and demand for pediatric autopsies has accelerated. There is a great need for the pediatric autopsy to be approached with great care in technique and dissection and to recognize malformations that may be easily overlooked by the uninitiated. Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy includes a general description of the techniques in the pediatric autopsy including the death certificate, cause and manner of death, and obtaining permission from the family, and also discusses major malformations and disorders in each organ system. This book also covers extensive developments that enhance the importance of the autopsy, especially within the fetal and perinatal pathology fields. These developments and features include a summary of special techniques including the autopsy on metabolic disorders, the medicolegal and forensic autopsy, handling of biological hazards at the autopsy, infectious control, as well as the careful performance of perinatal autopsies followed by dissemination of the findings to parents, clinicians, and public health organizations as an important measure in the reduction of perinatal mortality and morbidity. This text will provide the prosector with a valuable source of information for conducting a meaningful and comprehensive autopsy, of which every general and pediatric pathologist should have a working knowledge.