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May 12, 2022 · Mechanism of death is the immediate physiologic derangement resulting in death (e.g. hemorrhage, sepsis, asphyxia), which is not etiologically specific. COD and MOD are determined based on the circumstances of the death, examination of the body and ancillary studies as appropriate.
The mechanism of death is the physiological derangement that results in the death. An example of a mechanism of death due to the gunshot wound described above is exsanguination (extreme blood loss). Last but not least, the manner of death is how the death came about. Manner of death can be classified in six ways:
In contrast to causes of death, mechanisms of death are non-specific pathophysiologic derangements through which the cause of death exerts its lethality. The two most common errors in death certification are 1) the substitution of a mechanism for the cause of death; and 2) identifying the immediate cause of death without identifying the ...
- Kanayo Tatsumi
- Sep-Oct 2022
- Mo Med. 2022 Sep-Oct; 119(5): 411-415.
Sep 12, 2011 · In summary, the function of a forensic medicine expert at any scene of suspicious death is to observe the situation, to conserve any fragile evidence, to supervise the removal of the body and offer an opinion, based on experience, about the nature of death where this can reasonably be done.
- Serafettin Demirci, Kamil Hakan Dogan
- 2011
Mechanism of death – describes the specific change in the body that brought about the cessation of life. If cause is shooting, the mechanism might be loss of blood, exsanguination, or the cessation of brain function. Forensic pathologist’s report may list cause and mechanism together.
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Jan 1, 2023 · The mechanism of death is what connects the proximate cause of death with the moment of death. The proximate cause, also known and the underlying cause of death, is the etiologically specific disease or injury that in a natural and continuous sequence produces the fatality and without it would not occur.
Forensic pathologists determine the cause and manner of death by use of the postmortem examination, or autopsy. The autopsy entails careful dissection of the body to search for injury patterns, disease, or poisoning that may point to the ultimate cause of death.
