Category: Coroner

Pediatr Neurol. 2026 May 14;181:51-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2026.05.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is an uncommon cause of sudden death in patients with...

Cureus. 2026 Apr 24;18(4):e107647. doi: 10.7759/cureus.107647. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTBackground Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related mortality in the United States and is increasing...

BJPsych Open. 2026 May 22;12(3):e142. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12011.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Globally, suicide is more prevalent in older adults compared with any other age group. Although some research has...

J Forensic Sci. 2026 May 19. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.70369. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAssessing circumstances surrounding police-related deaths is hampered by the absence of an official national...

Pediatr Neurol. 2026 May 14;181:51-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2026.05.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is an uncommon cause of sudden death in patients with...

Cureus. 2026 Apr 24;18(4):e107647. doi: 10.7759/cureus.107647. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTBackground Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related mortality in the United States and is increasing...

BJPsych Open. 2026 May 22;12(3):e142. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12011.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Globally, suicide is more prevalent in older adults compared with any other age group. Although some research has...

J Forensic Sci. 2026 May 19. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.70369. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAssessing circumstances surrounding police-related deaths is hampered by the absence of an official national...

J Public Health Manag Pract. 2026 Jul-Aug 01;32(4):647-649. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000002378.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42149119 | DOI:10.1097/PHH.0000000000002378

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2026 May 15. doi: 10.1038/s41533-026-00483-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFor the last 40 years, the first line of asthma treatment has...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2026 May 14. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001137. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe reviewed 2025 year-end data from medical examiner and coroner offices accredited...

EBioMedicine. 2026 May 13:106266. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106266. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major cause of premature and potentially avoidable mortality. Determining...

Eur Heart J. 2026 May 12:ehag166. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehag166. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Atherosclerosis results from cellular and extracellular changes in the arterial wall,...

BMJ Public Health. 2026 Apr 20;4(2):e004215. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-004215. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Globally, reports of suicide by sodium nitrite poisoning have been growing. To determine whether sodium...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2026 May 6. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001135. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTArtificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly expanded across medicine, demonstrating value in image...

Circ Popul Health Outcomes. 2026 Apr 30:e012967. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.125.012967. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) can be caused by heritable cardiac conditions, as...

J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Apr;66(4):e70192. doi: 10.1002/jcph.70192.ABSTRACTLabetalol is widely prescribed as a first-line antihypertensive in pregnancy; however, rare but potentially severe idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity has been...

World Allergy Organ J. 2026 Apr 15;19(5):101380. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2026.101380. eCollection 2026 May.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Topical corticosteroids (TCS) remain the first-line treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD) and related...

Public Health Rep. 2026 Apr 23:333549261435474. doi: 10.1177/00333549261435474. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOverdose deaths have steadily decreased in the United States from 105 000 deaths in...

J Forensic Leg Med. 2026 Apr 16;120:103142. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2026.103142. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Motor vehicle-related fatalities are commonly certified as accidental deaths in many jurisdictions...

PLoS Med. 2026 Apr 9;23(4):e1004748. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004748. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Clinical guidance in Canada and the United States recommends faster methadone dose titration for individuals...

Prehosp Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 8:1-9. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2026.2655289. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Trauma remains the leading cause of death among Canadians under 45, with over...

EClinicalMedicine. 2026 Mar 3;93:103793. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103793. eCollection 2026 Mar.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Autistic people are at higher risk of dying by suicide than are non-autistic people, but research...

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2026 Apr 2:spcare-2025-005800. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2025-005800. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The number of opioid overdose deaths in Canada has tripled from 2019...

Soc Hist Med. 2025 Jun 29;39(1):24-47. doi: 10.1093/shm/hkae094. eCollection 2026 Feb.ABSTRACTThis article explores the formation of Ireland's first 'hard drug' culture. To do this, it...

Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Mar 26. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006249. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe 2022 Alabama maternal mortality rate was 38.6 per 100,000 live births, the third highest...

N Z Med J. 2026 Mar 27;139(1632):9-12. doi: 10.26635/6965.7452.ABSTRACTNew Zealand's health system is under sustained pressure, with worsening access to primary and specialist care, widening...

Eur J Gen Pract. 2026 Dec;32(1):2645473. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2026.2645473. Epub 2026 Mar 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Prescribing epidemiology in general practice shows gabapentinoid drugs to be independently associated with...

Drug Saf. 2026 Mar 21. doi: 10.1007/s40264-026-01666-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Medicinal product information documents (PIDs) detail clinical characteristics and instructions for monitoring, preventing, and...

BMC Cancer. 2026 Mar 19. doi: 10.1186/s12885-026-15693-0. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41851664 | DOI:10.1186/s12885-026-15693-0

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Mar 17. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70525. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIM: To identify safety concerns reported by coroners following fentanyl patch-related deaths in...

BMJ. 2026 Mar 9;392:s375. doi: 10.1136/bmj.s375.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41802730 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.s375

Emerg Med J. 2026 Mar 3:emermed-2025-215009. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2025-215009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Nightclubs, often perceived as safe spaces for entertainment, can nevertheless harbour hidden dangers....

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Mar 17. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70525. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIM: To identify safety concerns reported by coroners following fentanyl patch-related deaths in...

BMJ. 2026 Mar 9;392:s375. doi: 10.1136/bmj.s375.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41802730 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.s375

Emerg Med J. 2026 Mar 3:emermed-2025-215009. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2025-215009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Nightclubs, often perceived as safe spaces for entertainment, can nevertheless harbour hidden dangers....

BMJ Ment Health. 2026 Feb 25;29(1):e302212. doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302212.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Prevention of future deaths (PFD) reports issued by coroners in England and Wales identify systemic safety hazards...

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085064. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085064.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734970 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085064

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085062. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085062.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734969 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085062

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085061. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085061.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734966 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085061

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085063. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085063.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734942 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085063

CJC Open. 2025 Sep 20;8(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.09.007. eCollection 2026 Jan.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading global cause of mortality and is often attributable...

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2026 Feb 21. doi: 10.1038/s41533-026-00494-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe impact of climate change on chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma...

Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2026 Feb 18:S2352-4642(25)00375-X. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00375-X. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren face multiple challenges in accessing controlled medicines-defined here as any pharmaceutical product...

Emerg Med J. 2026 Mar 3:emermed-2025-215009. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2025-215009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Nightclubs, often perceived as safe spaces for entertainment, can nevertheless harbour hidden dangers....

BMJ Ment Health. 2026 Feb 25;29(1):e302212. doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302212.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Prevention of future deaths (PFD) reports issued by coroners in England and Wales identify systemic safety hazards...

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085064. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085064.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734970 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085064

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085062. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085062.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734969 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085062

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085061. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085061.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734966 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085061

BMJ. 2026 Feb 24;392:e085063. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085063.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41734942 | DOI:10.1136/bmj-2025-085063

CJC Open. 2025 Sep 20;8(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.09.007. eCollection 2026 Jan.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading global cause of mortality and is often attributable...

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2026 Feb 21. doi: 10.1038/s41533-026-00494-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe impact of climate change on chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma...

Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2026 Feb 18:S2352-4642(25)00375-X. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00375-X. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren face multiple challenges in accessing controlled medicines-defined here as any pharmaceutical product...

Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2026 Feb 18:S2352-4642(25)00374-8. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00374-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTControlled medicines, defined here as any pharmaceutical product whose active principles are listed...

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 18. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003918. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The use of post-extubation respiratory support in single-ventricle neonates undergoing the Norwood...

J Forensic Leg Med. 2026 Feb 10;118:103088. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2026.103088. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Ketoacidosis is a form of metabolic acidosis caused by the excess production...

Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-38854-4. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41663476 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-38854-4

PLOS Ment Health. 2025 Nov 7;2(11):e0000442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000442. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTEarly in the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, modified clinical guidance recommended the provision of take-home methadone doses for...

J Forensic Sci. 2026 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.70281. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe rising rate of drug-related deaths in the United States, largely driven by fentanyl,...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2026 Feb 9. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001117. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndividuals who die suddenly and unexpectedly will often fall under the jurisdiction...

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2026 Feb 8:1-13. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2025.2601141. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Nitazenes are potent synthetic opioids. Following reports questioning their post-mortem stability, nitazene-related deaths...

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2026 Feb 4:103218. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2026.103218. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To summarize the proceedings, key themes, and calls to action arising from...

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 1;27(2):228-234. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003881. Epub 2026 Feb 5.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: We assembled a workgroup within the Pediatric Research Collaborative on Critical UltraSound...

Br J Psychiatry. 2026 Feb 5:1-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10528. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Coroners' Prevention of Future Death reports (PFDRs, also known as Regulation 28 reports)...

Laryngoscope. 2026 Feb 4. doi: 10.1002/lary.70410. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: There is a paucity of information on the uptake of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)...

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2026 Jan 28:103220. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2026.103220. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To analyze maternal mortality review recommendations made by Ontario's Obstetrics and Perinatal...

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2026 Jan 28:103219. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2026.103219. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To summarize the proceedings, outcomes, and consensus-based calls to action from the...

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2026 Jan 27:spcare-2025-006046. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2025-006046. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41592902 | DOI:10.1136/spcare-2025-006046

BJR Open. 2026 Jan 20;8(1):tzag002. doi: 10.1093/bjro/tzag002. eCollection 2026 Jan.ABSTRACTPost-mortem imaging, in particular CT (PMCT), is increasingly used for death investigation in England and Wales,...

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2026 Jan 20:103210. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2026.103210. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Maternal sepsis remains a leading and rising cause of preventable maternal mortality...

Addiction. 2026 Jan 20. doi: 10.1111/add.70340. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41560316 | DOI:10.1111/add.70340

Harm Reduct J. 2026 Jan 17. doi: 10.1186/s12954-026-01401-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlabama, like other states in the Deep South, lacks comprehensive testing for novel psychoactive...

Nature. 2026 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09969-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite decades of study, large parts of the mammalian metabolome remain unexplored1. Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics routinely...

Can J Surg. 2026 Jan 13;69(1):E30-E36. doi: 10.1503/cjs.011325. Print 2026 Jan-Feb.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In this study, we sought to characterize the epidemiologic features of trauma in Eeyou...

J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Dec 15;194:271-280. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.12.033. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which frequently co-occurs with depression, is known...

PLoS One. 2026 Jan 12;21(1):e0339643. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0339643. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical opioids contribute to overdoses and other drug-related harms in Canada; however, the...

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 26:2025.12.23.696304. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.23.696304.ABSTRACTHigh-quality neurotypical postmortem human brain tissue is essential but difficult to obtain for constructing comprehensive human brain cell atlases....

J Forensic Leg Med. 2025 Dec 23;117:103056. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2025.103056. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Little guidance exists on where post-mortem computed tomography with coronary angiography (PMCTA)...

J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2025 Dec 24;43(3):59-66. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17776370.ABSTRACTForensic odontology is one of INTERPOL's three primary identifiers for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI). Forensic dental identification relies...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2025 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001108. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPerinatal deaths [including fetal death (FD), miscarriage, stillbirth, and early neonatal death...

Diabet Med. 2025 Dec 21:e70198. doi: 10.1111/dme.70198. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To describe the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of individuals who died from diabetic...

Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2025 Dec 19:1-14. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2600233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTObjectives. Electrical work remains a dangerous occupation in Australia and around the...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2025 Nov 20. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001096. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOne important way to ensure quality and standardization of medicolegal death investigation...

Cutis. 2025 Oct;116(4):143-145. doi: 10.12788/cutis.1276.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic efficacy of skin biopsies for detecting intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVBCL)...

Anesth Prog. 2025 Dec 9;72(4):205-217. doi: 10.2344/24-0031.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Previous studies in Canada suggest that mortality and serious morbidity during deep sedation and/or general anesthesia (DS/GA) for...

BMC Public Health. 2025 Dec 3. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22777-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Canada has seen a rise in substance-related accidental acute toxicity deaths (AATDs) in...

Anaesthesia. 2025 Dec 3. doi: 10.1111/anae.70085. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Although the use of total intravenous anaesthesia is well established in elective surgery, its use...

Public Health. 2025 Nov 20;250:106054. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106054. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To identify preventable haemorrhage-related deaths, classify coroner concerns and explore organisational responses.STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective...

Br J Psychiatry. 2025 Nov 20:1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10425. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Suicides in children and young people are a major public health concern. Prevention...

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2025 Nov 19. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001097. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHomelessness remains a critical public health challenge that significantly increases the risk...