PMID- 18630136
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080826
LR  - 20190917
IS  - 0042-8450 (Print)
IS  - 0042-8450 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 5
DP  - 2008 May
TI  - An autopsy case of asthmatic death--usefulness of biochemical examination.
PG  - 404-6
AB  - BACKGROUND: Asthma is the one of the major causes of sudden death in Japan. 
      Postmortem diagnosis of asthma has been based on morphological findings in lungs, 
      but it histological evidence, was also reported that the biochemical markers such 
      as total and specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) are useful. CASE REPORT: We present 
      here a case of fatal asthmatic death. A Japanese male in his thirties, 
      complaining of dyspnea, collapsed suddenly. He was taken by ambulance to 
      hospital, but cardiopulmonary resuscitation was ineffective. From autopsy 
      findings, we concluded that the cause of death was asphyxia due to asthma attack. 
      Biochemical findings indicated that the deceased had a severe asthmatic 
      condition. CONCLUSION: In the presented case, the biochemical examination of the 
      serum obtained at autopsy gave helpful information for the diagnosis that 
      asthmatic attack was a cause of death.
FAU - Kinoshita, Hiroshi
AU  - Kinoshita H
AD  - Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. 
      kinochin@hyo-med.ac.jp
FAU - Kubota, Akira
AU  - Kubota A
FAU - Kasuda, Shogo
AU  - Kasuda S
FAU - Nishiguchi, Minori
AU  - Nishiguchi M
FAU - Ouchi, Harumi
AU  - Ouchi H
FAU - Minami, Takako
AU  - Minami T
FAU - Matsui, Kiyoshi
AU  - Matsui K
FAU - Yamamura, Takehiko
AU  - Yamamura T
FAU - Motomura, Hiroyuki
AU  - Motomura H
FAU - Ohtsu, Nao
AU  - Ohtsu N
FAU - Yoshida, Shie
AU  - Yoshida S
FAU - Adachi, Nobuyuki
AU  - Adachi N
FAU - Aoki, Shigeru
AU  - Aoki S
FAU - Komeda, Motoo
AU  - Komeda M
FAU - Hishida, Shigeru
AU  - Hishida S
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Serbia
TA  - Vojnosanit Pregl
JT  - Vojnosanitetski pregled
JID - 21530700R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Asthma/*pathology
MH  - Autopsy
MH  - *Death, Sudden/pathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lung/*pathology
MH  - Male
EDAT- 2008/07/17 09:00
MHDA- 2008/08/30 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/17 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/17 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/08/30 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/17 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2298/vsp0805404k [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vojnosanit Pregl. 2008 May;65(5):404-6. doi: 10.2298/vsp0805404k.