id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-348773-ulnc9gdv Hammoud, H. Post mortem pathological findings in COVID-19 cases: A Systematic Review 2020-10-14 .txt text/plain 5075 341 54 Methods: A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google scholar, Medrxiv & Biorxiv) was carried out from December 2019 to August, 15th 2020, for journal articles of different study designs reporting postmortem pathological findings in COVID-19 cases. Articles were included if they met the following eligibility criteria: (1) addressed pathological reports of COVID-19 autopsies or postmortem cases, (2) involved human subjects (at least one case), (3) all study designs were involved (case report, case series, cross-sectional, case-control, randomized and non-randomized studies), (4) no language restrictions were applied. (13, 19, 20, 22-32, 34, 38-41, 44-65, 67) Regarding the included organs, this review described the histopathology of different organs as follows; Lung and pulmonary system was the most common described organ in 42 articles, ( is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. Regarding the postmortem pulmonary pathology, our review showed that different histopathological findings had been identified among COVID-19 cases. ./cache/cord-348773-ulnc9gdv.txt ./txt/cord-348773-ulnc9gdv.txt