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4 Ιουλ 2008 · This moment of death we only observe as stoppage of the main indicators of life, namely respiration and heartbeat. They are the manifestation of death and not the mechanism of death. Actually, heartbeat and peripheral pulse represent active circulation of blood which is the lowest common, debate free denominator of life.
INTRODUCTION. Advances in medicine and technology have made it possible to support, repair, or replace failing organs, challenging commonly held notions of life and death. 1 For example, mechanical ventilation replaced respiration and supported heart function to prevent cardiac arrest, which interrupted the way death occurred.
26 Μαρ 2016 · Mechanism of death: The specific physiological derangement that actually led to the cessation of life. For example, a heart attack victim could die from a deadly change in heart rhythm or from severe damage to the heart muscle, leading to shock.
The principle mechanisms of interest are those having an adverse effect on the heart, the brain, or both. [Adams VI, Flomenbaum MA, Hirsch CS. Mechanisms of death. Chapter 9 In: Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death, 4th Edition (2006), Spitz WU (Ed), Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, USA]
1 Ιαν 2023 · Is the death from the emphysema, the lung cancer, the heart disease, or some combination thereof? The mechanism of death either identified at autopsy or inferred from the clinical history can help guide the forensic pathologist in selecting the most accurate underlying/primary cause of death.
1 Ιουν 2021 · What Is the Mechanism of Death? The mechanism of death defines the disruption that occurs to the body's natural processes which cause a person's death. In comparison, the cause of death describes the illness or injury that led to a death, while the manner of death is one of five statistical categories describing the way in which the death came ...