Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region

SUMMARY: Organ weights may be influenced by various demographic parameters and environmental conditions, and they differ among populations. Numerous studies have been conducted in the Northern hemisphere, with paucity of literature regarding organ weights of many Southern hemispheric populations. Th...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Govender,S., Lazarus,L., De Gama,B. Z., Satyapal,K. S.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2017
Materias:	Anthropometry Autopsy eThekwini region Organ weight
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000401209
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0717-95022017000401209
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220170004012092019-09-16Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini RegionGovender,S.Lazarus,L.De Gama,B. Z.Satyapal,K. S. Anthropometry Autopsy eThekwini region Organ weight SUMMARY: Organ weights may be influenced by various demographic parameters and environmental conditions, and they differ among populations. Numerous studies have been conducted in the Northern hemisphere, with paucity of literature regarding organ weights of many Southern hemispheric populations. This study aimed to document post-mortem organ weights of decedents in the eThekwini region, and to determine the influence of age, sex, population grouping and body length on the weight of these organs. The study utilised 500 decedent organs (n=500), obtained from a medico-legal state mortuary in the eThekwini region, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. It entailed gross examination and weighing of the thoracic viz. heart, right and left lungs, and abdominal organs viz. liver, spleen as well as the right and left kidneys. All organs attained maximum or peak weights at various age intervals, with the heart continuing to increase in weight until 80 years of age. Organ weights illustrated statistical significance with age. The heart, lungs and liver were the only organs that showed statistical significance with sex. However, mean spleen weights were higher in females than in males, while the weights of both kidneys were higher in males. Organ weights of White decedents were higher than those of other population groups. There was a positive correlation between body length and all organ weights. Post-mortem organ weights of the present study are comparably higher than those reported in the Northern hemisphere. Therefore, organ weights reported from one geographic location may not be applicable to another and may lead to erroneous references ranges and possibly hinder interpretation during autopsy settings.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.35 n.4 20172017-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000401209en10.4067/S0717-95022017000401209
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Anthropometry Autopsy eThekwini region Organ weight
spellingShingle	Anthropometry Autopsy eThekwini region Organ weight Govender,S. Lazarus,L. De Gama,B. Z. Satyapal,K. S. Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
description	SUMMARY: Organ weights may be influenced by various demographic parameters and environmental conditions, and they differ among populations. Numerous studies have been conducted in the Northern hemisphere, with paucity of literature regarding organ weights of many Southern hemispheric populations. This study aimed to document post-mortem organ weights of decedents in the eThekwini region, and to determine the influence of age, sex, population grouping and body length on the weight of these organs. The study utilised 500 decedent organs (n=500), obtained from a medico-legal state mortuary in the eThekwini region, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. It entailed gross examination and weighing of the thoracic viz. heart, right and left lungs, and abdominal organs viz. liver, spleen as well as the right and left kidneys. All organs attained maximum or peak weights at various age intervals, with the heart continuing to increase in weight until 80 years of age. Organ weights illustrated statistical significance with age. The heart, lungs and liver were the only organs that showed statistical significance with sex. However, mean spleen weights were higher in females than in males, while the weights of both kidneys were higher in males. Organ weights of White decedents were higher than those of other population groups. There was a positive correlation between body length and all organ weights. Post-mortem organ weights of the present study are comparably higher than those reported in the Northern hemisphere. Therefore, organ weights reported from one geographic location may not be applicable to another and may lead to erroneous references ranges and possibly hinder interpretation during autopsy settings.
author	Govender,S. Lazarus,L. De Gama,B. Z. Satyapal,K. S.
author_facet	Govender,S. Lazarus,L. De Gama,B. Z. Satyapal,K. S.
author_sort	Govender,S.
title	Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
title_short	Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
title_full	Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
title_fullStr	Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
title_full_unstemmed	Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region
title_sort	post-mortem organ weights at a medico-legal state facility in the ethekwini region
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2017
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000401209
work_keys_str_mv	AT govenders postmortemorganweightsatamedicolegalstatefacilityintheethekwiniregion AT lazarusl postmortemorganweightsatamedicolegalstatefacilityintheethekwiniregion AT degamabz postmortemorganweightsatamedicolegalstatefacilityintheethekwiniregion AT satyapalks postmortemorganweightsatamedicolegalstatefacilityintheethekwiniregion
_version_	1718445020143419392

Post-Mortem Organ Weights at a Medico-Legal State Facility in the eThekwini Region

Ejemplares similares