Hospital Post-Mortem, A (2 Parts)

Synopsis

1: Discusses autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and thyratoxicosis and fatal drug-induced immunosuppression. The post-mortem shows jaundice, obesity and striae in Cushing’s syndrome, Erythropoietic hyperplasia of femoral marrow in autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; thyroid hyperplasia (gross and micro) in thyrotoxicosis; myocardial hypertrophy; steroid-induced adrenocortical atrophy; Vertebral osteoporosis with crush fracture; Bronchus showing inhaled gastric contents.
2: Shows how and why a post-mortem is performed; purpose; permission; clinical history; external examination, incision and evisceration of body; longitudinal section of vertebrae; normal ventricles, cardiac valves and coronary arteries; tissue sample for histology; larynx and vocal cords; thyroid gland; inferior vena cava; normal aorta and its branches; adrenal, kidney and ureter; normal gall bladder, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, papilla of Vater, common bile duct, liver, hepatic and portal veins, pancreas, ovaries, uterus, cervix, vagina, bladder and ureteric orifices.

Series

Videopathology Seminars, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10, 20 min.

Year of production

1985-7

Availability

Sale

Notes

Reviewed in ‘Journal of Pathology’ Vol 156 (1988). p91 and ‘Journal of Clinical Pathology’ Vol. 41 (1988), p1248.

Documentation

Goudie, R B, Harris, P, Paterson W. ‘How do we teach pathology? Post-mortems by video’, in ‘Journal of Pathology’ Vol 154 (1988) p195-7, is recommended for background reading.

Uses

Introductory pathology for medical and dental undergraduates; undergraduate nurses.*

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

anaemia; immunosuppression; pathology; post-mortem examination

Credits

Director

R B Goudie

Sections

Title

Autoimmune and iatrogenic illness, An

Synopsis

1: Discusses autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and thyratoxicosis and fatal drug-induced immunosuppression. The post-mortem shows jaundice, obesity and striae in Cushing's syndrome, Erythropoietic hyperplasia of femoral marrow in autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

Title

Examination, The

Synopsis

2: Shows how and why a post-mortem is performed; purpose; permission; clinical history; external examination, incision and evisceration of body; longitudinal section of vertebrae; normal ventricles, cardiac valves and coronary arteries; tissue sample for

Distributor

Name

Department of Pathology

Address

Glasgow
G4 0SP