| Profile of sudden death in an adult population (1999-2008). | |
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PMID: 20669604 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Sudden death is the sudden and unexpected death of an individual within 24 hours of symptom onset. The vast majority of these cases are found, at autopsy, to be due to underlying ischaemic cardiac disease. We retrospectively reviewed all adult post mortems performed at Beaumont Hospital over a decade (1999-2008). Our aim was to identify all sudden death cases (natural and accidental) and subclassify them according to age profile and organ system involved. We identified 1230 sudden death cases in the review period with 775 (63%) deaths attributable to ischaemic heart disease. The rate of sudden death remained constant over the decade with 663 (54%) deaths occurring in the first five years. Our negative autopsy rate was 2.8% corresponding to 35 cases. This is the first Irish study to retrospectively review all adult sudden deaths within a defined catchment area and analyse them as outlined above. |
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Authors:
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M R Downes; J Thorne; T N Tengku Khalid; H A Hassan; M Leader |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Irish medical journal Volume: 103 ISSN: 0332-3102 ISO Abbreviation: Ir Med J Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-30 Completed Date: 2010-09-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0430275 Medline TA: Ir Med J Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 183-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin 9. michelle.downes@ucd.ie |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Autopsy Catchment Area (Health) Cause of Death Death, Sudden / epidemiology* Female Humans Ireland / epidemiology Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies |
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