"Autopsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Postmortem examination of the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D001344
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.060 E05.070 I01.198.780.937.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Autopsy- Autopsy
- Post-Mortem Examination
- Examination, Post-Mortem
- Examinations, Post-Mortem
- Post Mortem Examination
- Post-Mortem Examinations
- Postmortem Examination
- Examination, Postmortem
- Examinations, Postmortem
- Postmortem Examinations
- Autopsies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Autopsy" by people in Profiles.
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Telephonic verbal autopsies among adults in South Africa: a feasibility and acceptability pilot study. BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 19; 15(2):e090708.
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Text mining of verbal autopsy narratives to extract mortality causes and most prevalent diseases using natural language processing. PLoS One. 2024; 19(9):e0308452.
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Can verbal autopsies be used on a national scale? Key findings and lessons from South Africa's national cause-of-death validation study. Glob Health Action. 2024 Dec 31; 17(1):2399413.
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Neurological Symptoms and Cause of Death Among Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2431512.
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Temporal changes in cause of death among adolescents and adults in six countries in eastern and southern Africa in 1995-2019: a multi-country surveillance study of verbal autopsy data. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Aug; 12(8):e1278-e1287.
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Clinicopathological discrepancies in the diagnoses of childhood causes of death in the CHAMPS network: An analysis of antemortem diagnostic inaccuracies. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jul 20; 8(1).
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Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care. S Afr Med J. 2024 Feb 13; 114(2):e1538.
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Agreement between cause of death assignment by computer-coded verbal autopsy methods and physician coding of verbal autopsy interviews in South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2285105.
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Metagenomic sequencing of post-mortem tissue samples for the identification of pathogens associated with neonatal deaths. Nat Commun. 2023 09 04; 14(1):5373.
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Undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Adults Dying at Home in a High-TB-Burden Setting, Before and During Pandemic COVID-19: An Autopsy Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 08 14; 77(3):453-459.