The evolution of minimally invasive tissue sampling in postmortem examination: a narrative review

CR Paganelli, NJ Goco, EM McClure… - Global health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Because of low acceptance rates and limited capacity, complete diagnostic
autopsies (CDAs) are seldom conducted in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Chest CT Findings and Differential Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Combined with Streptococcal Pneumonia in …

J Wang, C Xia, A Sharma, GS Gaba… - Journal of Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background. In this day and age, 17% of children less than 5 years of age died of
pneumonia; it is the common cause of children death. It is one of the main children …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing acceptance of post-mortem examination of children at a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

M Bunei, P Muturi, F Otiato, HN Njuguna… - Annals of Global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Clinical autopsies are not often part of routine care, despite their role in
clarifying cause of death. In fact, autopsy rates across the world have declined and are …

A comparison of MITS counseling and informed consent processes in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Ethiopia

AS Feroz, C Paganelli, M Bunei, B Eshetu… - Reproductive health, 2020 - Springer
Globally, more than 5 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually. For many, the
cause of death (CoD) is unknown. Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) has been …

Determination of causes of adult deaths using minimally invasive tissue sampling in Gandaki province of Nepal: a multicenter hospital-based study

N Subedi, S Bhattarai, S Ranabhat, BK Sharma… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) has been successfully
used to establish the cause of death in low-and middle-income countries, mostly in stillbirths …

Comparison of minimally invasive tissue sampling with conventional autopsy to detect pulmonary pathology among respiratory deaths in a resource-limited setting

DJ Roberts, HN Njuguna, B Fields… - American journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We compared minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) with conventional
autopsy (CA) in detection of respiratory pathology/pathogens among Kenyan children …

[HTML][HTML] Postmortem study of cause of death among children hospitalized with respiratory illness in Kenya

HN Njuguna, SR Zaki, DJ Roberts… - The Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: In resource-limited settings, acute respiratory infections continue to be the
leading cause of death in young children. We conducted postmortem investigations in …

Building global capacity to conduct pathology-based postmortem examination: establishing a new training hub for minimally invasive tissue sampling

CR Paganelli, L Parlberg, NJ Goco… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), an alternative to complete
diagnostic autopsy, is a pathology-based postmortem examination that has been validated …