Arkhiv patologii
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The authors present a review of clinicopathologic manifestations of the most important syndromes of terminal period. Insufficiency and failure of the heart, lungs, brain, kidneys, and liver as well as multiple organ failure are characterized. Precise definition in the autopsy report of the prevailing syndrome and type of death makes it possible to assess adequacy of intensive care and resuscitation, reveal probable causes of their ineffectiveness and improve treatment protocols in premortal period of the disease.