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    Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19: Clinical Updates in COVID-19
    Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19: Clinical Updates in COVID-19
    Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19: Clinical Updates in COVID-19
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    Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19: Clinical Updates in COVID-19

    By Cheng Hoon Chew, Yan Yee Yip, Ming Tsuey Lim and

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    This book contains transcript from the live webinar "Clinical Updates in COVID-19" organized by Institute for Clinical Research, NIH Malaysia on 28th May 2020. There are four presentations in this webinar focusing on mental health and forensic medicine in COVID-19.

    • High Risk Autopsy by Dr Ahmad Hafizam, National Institute Forensic Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur
    • Befrienders Experience in Community during Movement Control Order (MCO) and Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) by Esther Teo Siam Cheng,  National Council of Befrienders Malaysia (NCOBM)
    • COVID-19 Pandemic, The Mental Health Demons: How to Overpower The Challenges Ahead by Dr.Ahmad Rostam bin Md Zin, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah Alor Setar
    • CATCH-22: Psychological _____ on Healthcare Workers by Dr. Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam, Hospital Miri.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInstitute for Clinical Research, NIH MY
    Release dateMay 28, 2020
    ISBN9781393937135
    Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19: Clinical Updates in COVID-19
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    Cheng Hoon Chew

    Dr. Chew Cheng Hoon (MD, MPH) is a medical doctor working in Institute for Clinical Research with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Healthcare, Healthcare Management and Health Education. Strong healthcare services professional graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. 

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      Postmortem Findings In COVID-19 Patients & Mental Health Issues In The Era Of COVID-19 - Cheng Hoon Chew

      ●  Outline

      Today, I'm going to share with everybody the high risk autopsy on COVID-19 that we performed in Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The outline of the presentation for today are 

      1) definition of high risk autopsy

      2) requirement for high risk autopsy to be done

      3) post-mortem findings in COVID-19

      4) Conclusion

      ●  Definition of high risk autopsy

      So, what is the definition of high risk autopsy? 

      The definition for high risk autopsy is the post-mortem examination of a decedent who had or is likely to have had, a serious infectious disease that can be transmitted to those present at the autopsy, thereby causing them serious illness and/or premature death. These include hazard group 3 pathogens such as COVID-19.

      ●  Requirement for High Risk Autopsy

      So, what is the requirement for a high risk autopsy? 

      In general, the requirement of high risk autopsy evolved:

      1) risk assessment

      2) understanding the pathology

      3) Universal standard precaution and

      4) standard operating procedure for specific hazard group 3.

      In Hospital Kuala Lumpur, the requirement to perform high risk autopsy, we have to resolve

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