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Cause of death

MedGen UID:
40147
•Concept ID:
C0007465
•
Finding
Synonyms: Cause of Death; Causes of Death; Death Cause; Death Causes
SNOMED CT: Death diagnosis (16100001); Major cause of death (16100001); DD (16100001); Death diagnosis (contextual qualifier) (16100001); Cause of death (184305005); Condition fatal-cause of death (184305005)

Definition

The circumstance or condition that results in the death of a living being. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCause of death

Professional guidelines

PubMed

International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock.
Schlapbach LJ, Watson RS, Sorce LR, Argent AC, Menon K, Hall MW, Akech S, Albers DJ, Alpern ER, Balamuth F, Bembea M, Biban P, Carrol ED, Chiotos K, Chisti MJ, DeWitt PE, Evans I, Flauzino de Oliveira C, Horvat CM, Inwald D, Ishimine P, Jaramillo-Bustamante JC, Levin M, Lodha R, Martin B, Nadel S, Nakagawa S, Peters MJ, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Rebull MN, Russell S, Scott HF, de Souza DC, Tissieres P, Weiss SL, Wiens MO, Wynn JL, Kissoon N, Zimmerman JJ, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Bennett TD; Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force
JAMA 2024 Feb 27;331(8):665-674. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0179. PMID: 38245889Free PMC Article
The Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Its Comorbidities.
Kahnert K, Jörres RA, Behr J, Welte T
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2023 Jun 23;120(25):434-444. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.027. PMID: 36794439Free PMC Article
Cirrhosis: Diagnosis and Management.
Smith A, Baumgartner K, Bositis C
Am Fam Physician 2019 Dec 15;100(12):759-770. PMID: 31845776

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cause of death and the autopsy rate in an elderly population.
Latten BGH, Kubat B, van den Brandt PA, Zur Hausen A, Schouten LJ
Virchows Arch 2023 Dec;483(6):865-872. Epub 2023 Jun 3 doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03571-0. PMID: 37269366Free PMC Article
Cause of Death Among Cardiac Patients With and Without Anxiety.
Christensen AV, Cromhout PF, Jørgensen MB, Ekholm O, Juel K, Svendsen JH, Rasmussen TB, Borregaard B, Mols RE, Thrysoee L, Thorup CB, Berg SK
J Cardiovasc Nurs 2022 Sep-Oct 01;37(5):E122-E128. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000832. PMID: 34224466
Cancer Incidence and Trends.
Hulvat MC
Surg Clin North Am 2020 Jun;100(3):469-481. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2020.01.002. PMID: 32402294
Cause-of-Death Analysis in Rodent Aging Studies.
Snyder JM, Ward JM, Treuting PM
Vet Pathol 2016 Mar;53(2):233-43. Epub 2015 Oct 27 doi: 10.1177/0300985815610391. PMID: 26508696
Thromboembolism: an under appreciated cause of death.
The Lancet Haematology
Lancet Haematol 2015 Oct;2(10):e393. Epub 2015 Oct 1 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00202-1. PMID: 26686033

Diagnosis

Cause of death and the autopsy rate in an elderly population.
Latten BGH, Kubat B, van den Brandt PA, Zur Hausen A, Schouten LJ
Virchows Arch 2023 Dec;483(6):865-872. Epub 2023 Jun 3 doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03571-0. PMID: 37269366Free PMC Article
Myocarditis in the forensic setting.
Oyarzun A, Parsons S, Bassed R
Cardiovasc Pathol 2023 Jan-Feb;62:107476. Epub 2022 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107476. PMID: 36122893
Review and Prospect of Diagnosis of Drowning Deaths in Water.
Liu C, Cong B
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022 Feb 25;38(1):3-13. doi: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2021.410625. PMID: 35725698
Application of Postmortem Biochemistry Analysis in Forensic Medicine.
Zhu BL, Cao ZP
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021 Dec 25;37(6):859-866. doi: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.401205. PMID: 35243853
The autopsy.
Teo CE
Singapore Med J 1997 Feb;38(2):71-5. PMID: 9269365

Therapy

Metastatic uveal melanoma: The final frontier.
Rantala ES, Hernberg MM, Piperno-Neumann S, Grossniklaus HE, Kivelä TT
Prog Retin Eye Res 2022 Sep;90:101041. Epub 2022 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2022.101041. PMID: 34999237
Targeting inflammation in atherosclerosis - from experimental insights to the clinic.
Soehnlein O, Libby P
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2021 Aug;20(8):589-610. Epub 2021 May 11 doi: 10.1038/s41573-021-00198-1. PMID: 33976384Free PMC Article
Emerging neuroprotective strategies for the treatment of ischemic stroke: An overview of clinical and preclinical studies.
Paul S, Candelario-Jalil E
Exp Neurol 2021 Jan;335:113518. Epub 2020 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113518. PMID: 33144066Free PMC Article
The status of tuberculosis vaccine development.
Schrager LK, Vekemens J, Drager N, Lewinsohn DM, Olesen OF
Lancet Infect Dis 2020 Mar;20(3):e28-e37. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30625-5. PMID: 32014117
Immersion in water during labour and birth.
Cluett ER, Burns E, Cuthbert A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 May 16;5(5):CD000111. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000111.pub4. PMID: 29768662Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Global burden of primary liver cancer in 2020 and predictions to 2040.
Rumgay H, Arnold M, Ferlay J, Lesi O, Cabasag CJ, Vignat J, Laversanne M, McGlynn KA, Soerjomataram I
J Hepatol 2022 Dec;77(6):1598-1606. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.08.021. PMID: 36208844Free PMC Article
Cancer Incidence and Trends.
Hulvat MC
Surg Clin North Am 2020 Jun;100(3):469-481. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2020.01.002. PMID: 32402294
Epidemiology and one-year outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved, mid-range and reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry.
Chioncel O, Lainscak M, Seferovic PM, Anker SD, Crespo-Leiro MG, Harjola VP, Parissis J, Laroche C, Piepoli MF, Fonseca C, Mebazaa A, Lund L, Ambrosio GA, Coats AJ, Ferrari R, Ruschitzka F, Maggioni AP, Filippatos G
Eur J Heart Fail 2017 Dec;19(12):1574-1585. Epub 2017 Apr 6 doi: 10.1002/ejhf.813. PMID: 28386917
Cancer incidence and mortality projections in the UK until 2035.
Smittenaar CR, Petersen KA, Stewart K, Moitt N
Br J Cancer 2016 Oct 25;115(9):1147-1155. Epub 2016 Oct 11 doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.304. PMID: 27727232Free PMC Article
Alcoholic hepatitis.
Damgaard Sandahl T
Dan Med J 2014 Oct;61(10):B4755. PMID: 25283626

Clinical prediction guides

MRI and Clinical Variables for Prediction of Outcomes After Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
Ferrazzano PA, Rebsamen S, Field AS, Broman AT, Mayampurath A, Rosario B, Buttram S, Willyerd FA, Rathouz PJ, Bell MJ, Alexander AL; ADAPT MRI Investigators
JAMA Netw Open 2024 Aug 1;7(8):e2425765. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25765. PMID: 39102267Free PMC Article
Can regional training courses reduce interobserver variability?
Alexanderson-Rosas E, Flores-García A
J Nucl Cardiol 2020 Apr;27(2):479-480. Epub 2018 Oct 8 doi: 10.1007/s12350-018-1453-y. PMID: 30298368
The art of cardiovascular risk assessment.
Khambhati J, Allard-Ratick M, Dhindsa D, Lee S, Chen J, Sandesara PB, O'Neal W, Quyyumi AA, Wong ND, Blumenthal RS, Sperling LS
Clin Cardiol 2018 May;41(5):677-684. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1002/clc.22930. PMID: 29746005Free PMC Article
Differential diagnosis in archaeology.
Lawler DF
Int J Paleopathol 2017 Dec;19:119-123. Epub 2016 Jul 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2016.05.001. PMID: 29198393
Coronary Artery Plaque Imaging.
Xie Y, Jin H, Zeng M, Li D
Curr Atheroscler Rep 2017 Sep;19(9):37. doi: 10.1007/s11883-017-0672-z. PMID: 28779432

Recent systematic reviews

Smoking and Dental Implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Mustapha AD, Salame Z, Chrcanovic BR
Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Dec 27;58(1) doi: 10.3390/medicina58010039. PMID: 35056347Free PMC Article
Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Peer N, Balakrishna Y, Durao S
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 May 29;5(5):CD005266. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005266.pub2. PMID: 32470201Free PMC Article
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: a systematic literature review of scientific evidence from across the world in 2007-2017.
Einarson TR, Acs A, Ludwig C, Panton UH
Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018 Jun 8;17(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0728-6. PMID: 29884191Free PMC Article
Cardiovascular complications of anorexia nervosa: A systematic review.
Sachs KV, Harnke B, Mehler PS, Krantz MJ
Int J Eat Disord 2016 Mar;49(3):238-48. Epub 2015 Dec 29 doi: 10.1002/eat.22481. PMID: 26710932
Screening for breast cancer with mammography.
Gøtzsche PC, Jørgensen KJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Jun 4;2013(6):CD001877. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001877.pub5. PMID: 23737396Free PMC Article

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