Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting

Canadian-trained Anatomical and Forensic Pathologist - MD PhD. Educational cases not current.

[Tyler Hickey, MD PhD @drtylerhickey]

Microscope hack. The halogen bulb assembly on my old home microscope died. After researching costs for repair and parts, it all seemed so expensive! Turns out a simple $5 LED flashlight fits into the entry tube. Even better illumination than the original halogen bulb!

[Tyler Hickey, MD PhD @drtylerhickey]

Thanks to @LindseyDeluce and the team at @CTV Your Morning for hosting me today.

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@OGdukeneurosurg Thanks for the share @OGdukeneurosurg

[The Innovation | Medicine @Innov_Medicine]

Hemorrhagic tamponade at autopsy @EM_RESUS @BrownHospMed #MedEd #Medtwitter

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@Panther4224 @Innov_Medicine @EM_RESUS @BrownHospMed Looks to be hemopericardium secondary to ruptured acute myocardial infarction.

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

Some pretty gallstones to brighten your day! @theawkwardyeti #heartandbrain #autopsy #pathology #gallbladder #gallstones #imakedthese

[Tyler Hickey, MD PhD @drtylerhickey]

Reminder to my FP colleagues and other front line healthcare workers that elective sodium-nitrite and -nitrate overdoses causing fatal methemoglobinemia are increasing. #forensic #pathology #suicide https://t.co/t4hl8O3ytI

[Matthew Orde @CanadianForMed]

BC's low autopsy rate making headline news 👇
#whatarewemissing? #PathTwitter
https://t.co/rkmDB0vApt

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

This is so funny and clever.

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@palliddh @lindzmcleod We here in Canada definitely use kitty corner as well. Looks like that would fit the the map where the northern US states appear to use it more. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@DrCasteelEM Intolerance for this type of work schedule is one of the many reasons I chose a career in pathology. Most pathologists I know only work daytime hours, on weekdays, for perhaps a 40hr work week. 😊🔬

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

No one:
Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@LeQuesneLab @smlungpathguy @yro854 @Histopatolomon I think this is a good thought. However the literature on hydrophilic polymer materials show they are usually not polarizable. https://t.co/9hxeakhPqg

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

Thank you to all the wonderful women in my life and yours.#InternationalWomensDay

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

The outcome of citizens carrying firearms into movie theaters. Curtis Reeves: Retired police captain acquitted - CNN https://t.co/LyQT3NRo92

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

Review of the increasing trend of suicide deaths from Sodium nitrate and Sodium nitrite overdose: The New York Times.https://t.co/mKIA78NaS7

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@AcademicChatter Embrace and celebrate the small successes, because the nature of the work leads to lots of failures.

[Matthew Orde @CanadianForMed]

Shocking new drug death figures from BC (pop 5m).
"The number of illicit drug toxicity deaths [in BC] in November and December 2021 equates to about 7 deaths per day. Overall, in 2021, there were on average 6.1 deaths per day."
https://t.co/3Rhi6Qkfz7

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

@jelena_marks @CArnold_GI https://t.co/qeHvpQOhaj

[Forensic Pathology & Autopsy Consulting @ForensicPath4U]

Mallory Weiss tears are a severe (and potentially fatal) complication of violently coughing and/or vomiting that injures the esophagus. Massive hemorrhage may result. Commonly associated with chronic alcoholism. #esophagus #autopsy #forensic #pathology