The principal aim of an autopsy is to determine the cause of death, the state of health of the person before he or she died, and whether any medical diagnosis and treatment before death was appropriate. In most Western countries the number of autopsies performed in hospitals has been decreasing every year since 1955.he principal aim of an autopsy is to determine the cause of death, the state of health of the person before he or she died, and whether any medical diagnosis and treatment before death was appropriate. In most Western countries the number of autopsies performed in hospitals has been decreasing every year since 1955.
A more expanded description of the Compendium and the Guidelines is attached. Compendium: CMS Definition and Needs The NCCN Compendium is a comprehensive listing of the drugs and biologics and the recommended uses for such agents in the treatment and management of patients with cancer.ne advantage of this complementary publication is that NCCN recommendations about the use of drugs and biologics can be viewed in the context of the continuum of care (e.g., surgery, radiation therapy). The exhaustive list of agents in the Compendium is continuously updated.
compensatory polydipsia. one caused by an obligatory polyuria. drug-induced polydipsia. diuretics, corticosteroids, salt, vitamin D, and megestrol acetate may cause a polyuria and, secondarily, a polydipsia.orses confined in a stall and having little or no exercise may drink excessively from boredom, up to three times normal amounts. It may also occur in dogs, apparently from psychological causes, with large amounts of water a day being consumed and a corresponding polyuria with a large volume of dilute urine produced.