Sampson H, Johnson A, Carter N, Rutty G
Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, Medico-Legal Centre, UK.
J Clin Pathol. 1999 Nov;52(11):856-9. doi: 10.1136/jcp.52.11.856.
To assess the amount and quality of information supplied before undertaking a coroner's necropsy, based on the supposition that insufficient information may adversely affect the quality of the necropsy.
For a one year period (947 cases), sudden death reports from the coronial jurisdiction of South Yorkshire (West) were audited to assess the quality of information supplied. Seven specific items of information were sought: age, sex, occupation, date of death, location of the body, position of the body, date of last seeing a general practitioner, and relevant medical history. The results from necropsy and non-necropsy cases were compared.
Only 22.1% of reports contained all seven items of information. There was no difference between the amount of information supplied in necropsy and non-necropsy cases except about when the general practitioner last saw the deceased. An occupational history was not available in 40.4% of all deaths.
The quality of information supplied to the pathologist before necropsy may be suboptimal and could affect the thoroughness of the necropsy itself.
基于信息不足可能对尸检质量产生不利影响的假设，评估在进行死因裁判官尸检之前所提供信息的数量和质量。
对南约克郡（西部）死因裁判辖区为期一年的猝死报告（947例）进行审核，以评估所提供信息的质量。共查找了七项具体信息：年龄、性别、职业、死亡日期、尸体位置、尸体姿势、最后一次看全科医生的日期以及相关病史。对尸检病例和非尸检病例的结果进行了比较。
只有22.1%的报告包含所有七项信息。除了全科医生最后一次见到死者的时间外，尸检病例和非尸检病例所提供的信息量没有差异。在所有死亡病例中，40.4%没有职业史。
尸检前提供给病理学家的信息质量可能欠佳，并且可能影响尸检本身的彻底性。
