Sperhake Jan-Peter
Department of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany.
Leg Med (Tokyo). 2020 Nov;47:101769. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101769. Epub 2020 Jul 26.
Autopsies are an essential tool for understanding new diseases. Against this background, it is incomprehensible why there is great reluctance worldwide to perform autopsies on COVID-19 deceased patients. The article provides an overview of the status of the autopsy series published worldwide and shows the path taken by the city of Hamburg in Germany, where autopsies are ordered by the health authorities in the interests of disease control. The risk of infection posed by SARS-CoV-2-positive deceased persons may be overestimated. The scientific benefit that can be drawn from experience with autopsies and further examination of tissue samples is immeasurable.
尸检是了解新疾病的重要工具。在此背景下,全球范围内极不情愿对新冠死亡患者进行尸检,这令人费解。本文概述了全球已发表的尸检系列的情况,并展示了德国汉堡市所采取的路径,该市出于疾病控制的考虑,由卫生当局下令进行尸检。新冠病毒检测呈阳性的死者带来的感染风险可能被高估了。通过尸检经验以及对组织样本的进一步检查所能获得的科学益处是不可估量的。