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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:383
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR EDDY H. CARRILLO (Louisville, KY): Your postmortem rate of 25%, although it is low, somehow reflects what is going on across the United States. It has been our experience in the trauma population that up until 5 years ago we had a postmortem examination rate of almost close to 80%. However, the number has dwindled significantly in the last 5 years for the reasons you explained and also because of the laws that have changed in some states, where the coroner can determine the need for a postmortem examination just based on the mechanism of injury alone and also because of the increased reluctance of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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