Pub Date : 2005-11-01DOI: 10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00091
M. Girard
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Pub Date : 2005-11-01DOI: 10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00064
G. Morley
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a birth brain injury that precedes the development of Cerebral Palsy (CP). Visualized on MRI scanning, the lesions of HIE are infarcts resulting from deficient generalized perfusion of brain tissue. Birth asphyxia/hypoxia is the widely assumed cause of this brain injury, however, HIE may occur without significant hypoxia. Hypovolemia/hypovolemic shock, is evident in the great majority of HIE newborns. Cord compression prior to birth pools fetal blood in the placenta and immediate cord clamping finalizes the hypovolemia. Heart failure (hypovolemic shock) follows. Retraction respiration—pulses of negative intra-thoracic pressure—pulls venous blood into the heart and, with hypotension, pulls arterial blood into the thoracic aorta from peripheral arteries. Circulation in the heart and lungs is maintained at the expense of perfusion of all peripheral organs, including the brain. Prolonged deficient perfusion of the actively metabolizing areas of the brain (basal ganglia and cerebral cortex) results in infarction.
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Pub Date : 2005-11-01DOI: 10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00078
B. Fisher
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Pub Date : 2005-11-01DOI: 10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00075
M. Al-Bayati
My review of the medical evidence presented in this case and the pertinent medical literature clearly shows that Eliza Jane‘s death was not caused by Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) as alleged by the medical examiner, or any other type of pneumonia. Eliza Jane’s lungs did not show an inflammatory response to medically justify a diagnosis of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a term that refers to inflammation and consolidation of the pulmonary parenchyma. Eliza Jane’s death resulted from an acute allergic reaction to amoxicillin, which caused severe hypotension (due to the leakage of significant amount of fluid outside the blood vessels), shock, and cardiac arrest. The autopsy revealed that she had pericardial and pleural effusion and ascites. In addition, her organ weights (lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys) were increased significantly. The weight of Eliza Jane’s lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys were 184%, 131%, 121%, and 146% of the expected average normal weight for her age, respectively. Also, her liver was significantly enlarged and the hepatocytes show micro-and macrovesicular steatosis. Amoxicillin has been known to induce immune mediated toxic changes in the liver. Eliza Jane suffered from an upper respiratory tract infection for about three weeks prior to her death on May 16, 2005. My investigation indicates that her respiratory infection was probably caused by Human Parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection. HPVB19 has been known to cause upper respiratory tract infection, encephalitis, and aplastic anemia in children and adults. Eliza Jane had non-specific microscopic lesions in the brain consisting of microglia and multineucleated giant cells. These lesions could be caused by HPVB19.
{"title":"Analysis of causes that led to Eliza Jane Scovill's cardiac arrest and death","authors":"M. Al-Bayati","doi":"10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1588/MEDVER.2005.02.00075","url":null,"abstract":"My review of the medical evidence presented in this case and the pertinent medical literature clearly shows that Eliza Jane‘s death was not caused by Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) as alleged by the medical examiner, or any other type of pneumonia. Eliza Jane’s lungs did not show an inflammatory response to medically justify a diagnosis of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a term that refers to inflammation and consolidation of the pulmonary parenchyma. Eliza Jane’s death resulted from an acute allergic reaction to amoxicillin, which caused severe hypotension (due to the leakage of significant amount of fluid outside the blood vessels), shock, and cardiac arrest. The autopsy revealed that she had pericardial and pleural effusion and ascites. In addition, her organ weights (lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys) were increased significantly. The weight of Eliza Jane’s lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys were 184%, 131%, 121%, and 146% of the expected average normal weight for her age, respectively. Also, her liver was significantly enlarged and the hepatocytes show micro-and macrovesicular steatosis. Amoxicillin has been known to induce immune mediated toxic changes in the liver. Eliza Jane suffered from an upper respiratory tract infection for about three weeks prior to her death on May 16, 2005. My investigation indicates that her respiratory infection was probably caused by Human Parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection. HPVB19 has been known to cause upper respiratory tract infection, encephalitis, and aplastic anemia in children and adults. Eliza Jane had non-specific microscopic lesions in the brain consisting of microglia and multineucleated giant cells. These lesions could be caused by HPVB19.","PeriodicalId":363866,"journal":{"name":"Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127822955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}