Steven B Karch

Summary

Affiliation: Petaluma Valley Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cocaine cardiovascular toxicity
    Steven B Karch
    South Med J 98:794-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Peer review and the process of publishing of adverse drug event reports
    Steven B Karch
    J Forensic Leg Med 14:79-84. 2007
  3. ncbi Changing times: DNA resequencing and the "nearly normal autopsy"
    Steven B Karch
    J Forensic Leg Med 14:389-97. 2007
  4. ncbi Death certification in the UK
    Steven B Karch
    J R Soc Med 96:425-7. 2003
  5. ncbi Demographic, pathologic, and toxicological profiles of 127 decedents testing positive for ephedrine alkaloids
    Keith M Blechman
    New York University School of Medicine, 200 East 33rd Street, Apt 19-I, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Forensic Sci Int 139:61-9. 2004
  6. ncbi Positional asphyxia: inadequate oxygen, or inadequate theory?
    Kathy Glatter
    Forensic Sci Int 141:201-2. 2004
  7. ncbi Forensic science in the dock
    Olaf Drummer
    BMJ 329:636-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Cardiac pathology in death from electrocution
    Vittorio Fineschi
    Institute of Forensic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Foggia, Ospedali Riuniti, via L Pinto 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy
    Int J Legal Med 120:79-82. 2006
  9. ncbi Confocal laser scanning microscopy. Using new technology to answer old questions in forensic investigations
    Emanuela Turillazzi
    Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Policlinico Ospedali Riuniti, Via L Pinto, N 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy
    Int J Legal Med 122:173-7. 2008

Collaborators

  • Vittorio Fineschi
  • Boyd G Stephens
  • Emanuela Turillazzi
  • Olaf Drummer
  • Keith M Blechman
  • Kathy Glatter
  • Irene Riezzo
  • Cristoforo Pomara
  • Margherita Neri
  • Bruce Goldberger
  • A Robert W Forrest

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Cocaine cardiovascular toxicity
    Steven B Karch
    South Med J 98:794-9. 2005
    ..Recently it has become clear that genetic causes, such as fully or partially expressed congenital long QT syndrome, may also play a role. The relative importance of each of these factors is reviewed...
  2. ncbi Peer review and the process of publishing of adverse drug event reports
    Steven B Karch
    J Forensic Leg Med 14:79-84. 2007
    ..Some recent examples of process failure are provided, as well as some suggestions about possible remedies, including the use of pharmaco-vigilance algorithms...
  3. ncbi Changing times: DNA resequencing and the "nearly normal autopsy"
    Steven B Karch
    J Forensic Leg Med 14:389-97. 2007
    ..It will also change the practice of medicine as we know it. This paper reviews the current status of the problem...
  4. ncbi Death certification in the UK
    Steven B Karch
    J R Soc Med 96:425-7. 2003
  5. ncbi Demographic, pathologic, and toxicological profiles of 127 decedents testing positive for ephedrine alkaloids
    Keith M Blechman
    New York University School of Medicine, 200 East 33rd Street, Apt 19-I, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Forensic Sci Int 139:61-9. 2004
    ..There were no cases of heat stroke or rhabdomyolysis. In most cases, norephedrine was not detected, suggesting it plays no role in ephedrine toxicity...
  6. ncbi Positional asphyxia: inadequate oxygen, or inadequate theory?
    Kathy Glatter
    Forensic Sci Int 141:201-2. 2004
  7. ncbi Forensic science in the dock
    Olaf Drummer
    BMJ 329:636-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Cardiac pathology in death from electrocution
    Vittorio Fineschi
    Institute of Forensic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Foggia, Ospedali Riuniti, via L Pinto 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy
    Int J Legal Med 120:79-82. 2006
    ..The frequency of MFB was maximal in cases of electrocution (90%). The findings show that MFB is an ante-mortem change and may be a distinct finding in electrocution...
  9. ncbi Confocal laser scanning microscopy. Using new technology to answer old questions in forensic investigations
    Emanuela Turillazzi
    Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Policlinico Ospedali Riuniti, Via L Pinto, N 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy
    Int J Legal Med 122:173-7. 2008
    ..This review discusses the possible applications of confocal microscopy in specific fields of forensic investigation, with specific regard to ballistics, forensic histopathology and toxicological pathology...