Cases who fulfilled the standard case definitions of maternal death given by international classification of disease-10 (ICD-10) and controls who have a willingness to participate in the study were included. Of deaths, not related to pregnancy and/or beyond 42 days of termination of pregnancy wer...
PRF according to the ME was defined by the ICD-10 code listed as the primary cause of death based on standard reporting from the Department of Vital Statistics; if the ICD-10 code was directly related to poisoning (see Table 1), then the death was identified as PRF according to the ME...
In Japan, physicians have to inform the police regarding cases of unnatural deaths, such as extrinsic death, cardiopulmonary arrest on arrival at a hospital, and death at home or outside. When the police intervene in these cases, the DCs are usually issued by the police doctors who perform ...
The limited amount of qualitative research in this space is reflective of the field in general, in which research on male suicide is generally lacking. Among the small amount of studies in the area, one has focused on suicide attempts among males rather than deaths [9]. This study of 34 m...
Upon arrival, the emergency medical service (EMS) team was informed that the patient was a construction worker who probably fell from the scaffolding installed approximately 3 m above the ground. No other useful medical information was obtained. Initial assessment revealed the absence of vital signs...