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Pathologists say that autopsies performed on COVID victims have clued in doctors that blood thinners could prevent microscopic blood clots in patients, and raise the alarm about ventilators.

NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy.

How fading practice of autopsy revealed secrets of Covid-19 and found a revival How fading practice of autopsy revealed secrets of Covid-19 and found a revival Early autopsies of deceased patients confirmed the coronavirus does not just cause respiratory disease, but can also attack other vital organs. They also led doctors to try blood thinners in some Covid-19 patients and reconsider how long others should be on ventilators. advertisement The Covid-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy. (...

Marion Renault NEW YORK - The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy. When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation of symptoms: What could explain why patients were losing their sense of smell and taste, developing skin rashes, struggling to breathe and reporting memory loss on top of flu-like coughs and aches? At hospital morgues, which have been steadily losing prominence and funding over several decad...

The Autopsy, a Fading Practice, Reveals Secrets of COVID-19 Autopsies have shaped our understanding of what COVID-19 does to the body and how we might combat it By Marion Renault • Updated on December 24, 2020 at 1:06 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy. When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation of symptoms: What could explain why patients were losing their ...