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Speaking the right language: the scientific method as a framework for a continuous quality improvement program within academic medical research compliance unitsKurt B Nolte
Office of Research, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
Acad Med 83:941-8. 2008..We believe that our CQI process can readily be used in other academically based offices of research...
Influenza A virus infection complicated by fatal myocarditisK B Nolte
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, 87131 5091, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 21:375-9. 2000..The risk factors for developing myocarditis during an influenza infection are unknown...
Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms for 8 days in fresh lung tissue from an exhumed bodyKurt B Nolte
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Hum Pathol 36:915-6. 2005..In addition, prosectors should still adhere to biosafety precautions for airborne pathogens, because a long postmortem interval does not necessarily provide assurance that these organisms are not viable...
"Med-X": a medical examiner surveillance model for bioterrorism and infectious disease mortalityKurt B Nolte
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Hum Pathol 38:718-25. 2007....
Biosafety considerations for autopsyKurt B Nolte
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 23:107-22. 2002..These risks can be substantially mitigated through proper assessment, personal protective equipment, appropriate autopsy procedures, and facility design...
Fatal brodifacoum rodenticide poisoning: autopsy and toxicologic findingsR B Palmer
Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
J Forensic Sci 44:851-5. 1999..A thorough death scene investigation may provide clues that a person has ingested these substances...
Sudden death due to primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosisD M Havlik
Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131, USA
J Forensic Sci 46:392-5. 2001..Although this tumor is aggressive and is associated with a rapidly progressive fatal course, it has not been previously associated with sudden death...
Medical terminology coding systems and medicolegal death investigation data: searching for a standardized method of electronic coding at a statewide medical examiner's officeSarah L Lathrop
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
J Forensic Sci 54:207-11. 2009....
Utility of infectious disease coding sheets for surveillance in a state medical examiner's officeSarah L Lathrop
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:949-51. 2008..Preferably, a tracking system would be built into electronic databases at medical examiner and coroner's offices, expediting the identification of these diseases and contact of public health agencies...
Drugs, detention, and death: a study of the mortality of recently released prisonersClarissa S Krinsky
Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 30:6-9. 2009..The time surrounding release provides an opportunity for education on the risks of accidental overdose and the development of interventions to mitigate these risks...
Fatal wrong-way collisions on New Mexico's interstate highways, 1990-2004Sarah L Lathrop
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
J Forensic Sci 55:432-7. 2010..Prevention strategies aimed at reducing the incidence of driving while intoxicated, as well as improved lighting and signage at ramps, could help reduce the occurrence of fatal wrong-way collisions on interstates...
Sudden death in an infant resulting from torsion of the uterine adnexaDean M Havlik
Office of Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Alburquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 23:289-91. 2002..Fatal uterine adnexal torsion has been reported rarely in infants; in all those cases there were antecedent symptoms. Torsion of the uterine adnexa should be included in the differential diagnosis of sudden death in infancy...
Research issues in forensic pathology: a survey of academic institutions employing forensic pathologistsKurt B Nolte
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 871312-0001, USA
Hum Pathol 35:532-5. 2004....
Evaluation of inhalational anthraxKurt B Nolte
JAMA 287:984-5. 2002
Fatal infectious disease surveillance in a medical examiner databaseMitchell I Wolfe
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:48-53. 2004..Algorithms can be useful for surveillance in medical examiner offices that have limited resources or for conducting surveillance across medical examiner jurisdictions...
Methodological issues in the surveillance of poisoning, illicit drug overdose, and heroin overdose deaths in new MexicoMichael G Landen
Office of Epidemiology, New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM 87502 6110, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:273-8. 2003..Surveillance of poisoning death should include the use of medical examiner records and underlying- and multiple-cause vital statistics records...
Unauthorized border crossings and migrant deaths: Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, 2002-2003Sanjeeb Sapkota
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1282-7. 2006..We examined the major causes of and risk factors for death among migrants who died while making unauthorized border crossings into the United States from Mexico...
Theoretical risk for occupational blood-borne infections in forensic pathologistsKurt B Nolte
Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:772-3. 2003..Serologic studies of these physicians are needed to clarify occupational exposure and infection risks. Autopsy personnel should wear cut-resistant undergloves to decrease percutaneous injuries...
Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease autopsies, CaliforniaKurt B Nolte
Emerg Infect Dis 11:775-6. 2005
Immunohistochemical detection of Yersinia pestis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissueJeannette Guarner
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 117:205-9. 2002..The immunohistochemical assay provided a fast, nonhazardous method for diagnosing plague. The immunohistochemical assay localizes bacteria, retaining tissue morphologic features, and can help define transmission mechanisms...
Infectious disease pathology and the autopsyKurt B Nolte
Clin Infect Dis 34:130-1. 2002
Histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and polymerase chain reaction assays in the study of cases with fatal sporadic myocarditisJeannette Guarner
Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Hum Pathol 38:1412-9. 2007..Accurately identifying an infectious agent is the foundation for clinical and public health interventions. Despite using multiple diagnostic methods, an organism could only be detected in a small proportion of sporadic myocarditis cases...
