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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
HURTADO DE MENDOZA AMAT, José Domingo et al. Autopsy experiences of deceased by COVID-19. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2022, vol.51, n.2 Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3046.
Introduction:
A case of a patient who died from COVID-19 is presented, which the authors consider to be the prototype of most of those who died from this condition, which was performed at autopsy.
Objective:
Disseminate the experiences in the study of the autopsy of this type of patients and contribute to its application in clinical and scientific practice.
Clinical case:
A 78-year-old male patient is presented, with arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity, who began with cough, fever, runny nose, who was admitted with a diagnosis of COVID-19, progressed to severity and died 10 days later. of his admittance. The fundamental elements of the clinical history, the diagnoses of causes of death pre-mortem and post-mortem are presented. Autopsy diagnoses and quality assessment results of clinical cause of death diagnoses are specified.
Conclusions:
The experiences of the study of this autopsy as a prototype, reaffirm the damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 and contribute to the knowledge of this field.
Keywords : autopsy; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2.