mechanism of death

The process that causes one or more vital organs or organ systems to fail when a fatal disease, injury, abnormality or chemical insult occurs; it is the functional (physiologic) or structural change that makes independent life no longer possible after a lethal event has occurred.

Examples
Haemorrhage, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, alkalosis, asystole, ventricular fibrillation, respiratory depression and paralysis, cardiac tamponade, sepsis with profound bacterial toxaemia, etc; MODs are divided into terminal events and nonspecific physiological (functional) derangements.

mechanism of death

Forensic medicine '…the process that causes one or more vital organs or organ systems to fail when a fatal disease, injury, abnormality, or chemical insult occurs; it is the functional–physiologic or structural change that makes independent life no longer possible after a lethal event has occurred Examples Hemorrhage, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, alkalosis, asystole, V fib, respiratory depression and paralysis, cardiac tamponade, sepsis with profound bacterial toxemia, etc; MODs are divided into terminal events and nonspecific physiological–functional derangements. Cf Immediate cause of death, Underlying cause of death.

单词	mechanism of death
释义	mechanism of death mechanism of death The process that causes one or more vital organs or organ systems to fail when a fatal disease, injury, abnormality or chemical insult occurs; it is the functional (physiologic) or structural change that makes independent life no longer possible after a lethal event has occurred. Examples Haemorrhage, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, alkalosis, asystole, ventricular fibrillation, respiratory depression and paralysis, cardiac tamponade, sepsis with profound bacterial toxaemia, etc; MODs are divided into terminal events and nonspecific physiological (functional) derangements. mechanism of death Forensic medicine '…the process that causes one or more vital organs or organ systems to fail when a fatal disease, injury, abnormality, or chemical insult occurs; it is the functional–physiologic or structural change that makes independent life no longer possible after a lethal event has occurred Examples Hemorrhage, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, alkalosis, asystole, V fib, respiratory depression and paralysis, cardiac tamponade, sepsis with profound bacterial toxemia, etc; MODs are divided into terminal events and nonspecific physiological–functional derangements. Cf Immediate cause of death, Underlying cause of death.
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