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Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Role of€Cross-Sectional Imaging in€the€Investigation of€Childhood Deaths; Introduction; Paediatric Autopsy Practice; Childhood Deaths; Decline of€Traditional Autopsy Techniques; Current Postmortem Imaging Techniques; Skeletal Radiography (PMXR); Post Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT); Post Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PMMR); Specific Types of€Childhood Death; Sudden Unexpected Death in€Infancy (SUDI); Traumatic Death; Non-Accidental Death/Inflicted Injury; Hanging; Drowning; Additional Benefits of€Postmortem Imaging.

Investigation of€Infant Remains Post Mortem Imaging and€Post Mortem Interval; 3D Prototyping/Modeling; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Vertebral Artery Trauma; Introduction; Anatomy; Thrombosis due€to€Vertebral Artery Dissection; Traumatic Basal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Resulting from€Rupture or Dissection of€the€Vertebral Artery; Post-mortem Findings; Forensic Issues; Methods to€Identify the€Rupture Site; Radiology; Direct Observation of€the€Leakage from€Injection of€Liquid Medium; Direct Examination of€the€Vessel; Histology of€the€Vessels; Mechanism of€Rupture; Direct trauma.

Psychedelic Drugs Tryptamines; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Phenethylamines; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Dissociative Drugs; Ketamine; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Synthetic Cannabinoids; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Miscellaneous Substances; Khat; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Kratom; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Analytical Aspects for€New Psychoactive Substances; Current Analytical Techniques Used for€NPS Screening; Immunoassays.

Stretching Oscillation Forces; Increased Intravascular Pressure; High Incidence of€Death; Influence of€Alcohol; Medicolegal Issues; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Death in€Crowds; Introduction; Crushes and€Trampling; Traumatic, Crush and€Compression Asphyxia; Traumatic Asphyxia; Crush Asphyxia; Compression Asphyxia; How Fast Did They Die?; Time to€Unconsciousness; Time to€Cardiorespiratory Arrest; Time to€Irreversibility; Forces in€Crowds; Causation of€Death in€Crowd Related Incidents; Compression Asphyxia; Smothering; Inhalation of€Gastric Contents; Positional Asphyxia.

Trauma Natural Disease; The Pathological Features of€Compression Asphyxia; Mechanistic Hypotheses; External Findings; Internal Findings; Summary; References; Chapter 4: New Psychoactive Substances; Introduction; Legal Aspects of€New Psychoactive Substances; Clinical Classification; Specific New Psychoactive Substances; Stimulant-Type New Psychoactive Substances; Piperazines; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Synthetic Cathinones; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects; Aminoindanes; Background; Description; Reported Adverse Effects.

This book covers topical subjects within the field of death investigation, where changes in practice have recently occurred. As the area of dating of wounds has changed since the subject was addressed in a previous volume, this subject is revisited for the first time. The remaining subjects covered in this volume embrace the multi-disciplinary approach required for death investigation, and address advances in the field of forensic radiology imaging, pathology, and toxicology. There is also a chapter on cardiopulmonary resuscitation which explains clinical processes and procedures that may occur to an individual immediately before death that may have a bearing on the subsequent autopsy findings. Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Reviews, Updates and Advances is an educational and practical resource aimed at trainees and consultants, generalists and specialists, and the new multi-disciplinary team alike.