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
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