MINIMALLY INVASIVE AUTOPSY - AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE IN DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF DEATH

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Complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA) is the gold standard in determining the cause of death. However, according to the statistics of the World Health Organization, the practice of CDA has been on a dramatic decline in high - income countries or has not been recorded consistently in low - and middle - income countries, including Vietnam, for the last few decades. This is due to capacity and resource issues as well as cultural and religious factors regarding management of corpses. As a result, the development of quick, less invasive procedures becomes necessary in order to improve the statistics of cause of death worldwide. One such procedure that has the potential to serve as an alternative to complete diagnostic autopsy is minimally invasive autopsy (MIA). This procedure involves using hollow needles to take samples from different tissues and fluids from key organs before combining histology and microbiology to determine the cause of death. This paper aims to explore this novel procedure as well as its potential in becoming the dominant post - mortem examination, especially in the context of infectious causes of death.