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    Profile of sudden death in an adult population (1999-2008).

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    Authors
    Downes, M R
    Thorne, J
    Tengku Khalid, T N
    Hassan, H A
    Leader, M
    Affiliation
    Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin 9. michelle.downes@ucd.ie
    Issue Date
    2010-06
    MeSH
    Adolescent
    Adult
    Aged
    Aged, 80 and over
    Autopsy
    Catchment Area (Health)
    Cause of Death
    Death, Sudden
    Female
    Humans
    Ireland
    Male
    Middle Aged
    Retrospective Studies
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    Profile of sudden death in an adult population (1999-2008). 2010, 103 (6):183-4 Ir Med J
    Journal
    Irish medical journal
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/123071
    PubMed ID
    20669604
    Abstract
    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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    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0332-3102
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