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      Kooperatives Vorgehen der Pathologie und Neuropathologie in der COVID-19-Pandemie : Deutsches Register für COVID-19-Obduktionen (DeRegCOVID) und Deutsches Netzwerk für Autopsien in Pandemien (DEFEAT PANDEMIcs) Translated title: Cooperative approach of pathology and neuropathology in the COVID-19 pandemic : German registry for COVID-19 autopsies (DeRegCOVID) and German network for autopsies in pandemics (DEFEAT PANDEMIcs)

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          Abstract

          Hintergrund

          Die Obduktion ist ein wichtiges Instrument zum Verständnis der Pathogenese von Krankheiten, inklusive COVID-19.

          Material und Methoden

          Am 15.04.2020 wurde zusammen mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie und dem Bundesverband der deutschen Pathologen das Deutsche Register von COVID-19-Obduktionen (DeRegCOVID) gestartet ( www.DeRegCOVID.ukaachen.de) und darauf aufbauend seit 01.09.2020 das Deutsche Netzwerk für Autopsien in Pandemien (DEFEAT PANDEMIcs) etabliert.

          Ergebnisse

          Hauptziel des DeRegCOVID ist es, faktisch anonymisierte Daten über idealerweise alle Obduktionen von COVID-19-Verstorbenen in Deutschland zu sammeln und zur Verfügung zu stellen, um dem Bedarf an zentralisierter, koordinierter und strukturierter Datenerhebung und Berichterstattung in der Pandemie gerecht zu werden. Der Erfolg des Registers hängt von der Bereitschaft der jeweiligen Zentren zur Meldung der Daten ab. Diese hat sich bislang sehr positiv entwickelt und wir danken allen beteiligten Zentren. Dabei verbleiben die Rechte an eigenen Daten (und dezentral verbleibenden Biomaterialen) bei den jeweiligen Institutionen. Das Netzwerk DEFEAT PANDEMIcs zielt auf eine Verstärkung der Harmonisierung und Standardisierung sowie die bundesweite Implementation und Kooperation im Bereich von Pandemieobduktionen.

          Schlussfolgerungen

          Die außerordentliche Kooperation in Deutschland im Bereich der Obduktionen während der COVID-19-Pandemie ist durch den Aufbau des DeRegCOVID, dessen Fusionierung mit dem Register der Neuropathologie (CNS-COVID19) und dem Aufbau des Netzwerks DEFEAT PANDEMIcs eindrücklich belegt. Es ist ein starkes Signal für die Notwendigkeit, Bereitschaft und Expertise, mit durch Autopsie gewonnenen Erkenntnissen zur gemeinsamen Bewältigung gegenwärtiger und künftiger Pandemien beizutragen.

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          Background

          Autopsy is an important tool for understanding the pathogenesis of diseases, including COVID-19.

          Material and methods

          On 15 April 2020, together with the German Society of Pathology and the Federal Association of German Pathologists, the German Registry of COVID-19 Autopsies (DeRegCOVID) was launched ( www.DeRegCOVID.ukaachen.de). Building on this, the German Network for Autopsies in Pandemics (DEFEAT PANDEMIcs) was established on 1 September 2020.

          Results

          The main goal of DeRegCOVID is to collect and distribute de facto anonymized data on potentially all autopsies of people who have died from COVID-19 in Germany in order to meet the need for centralized, coordinated, and structured data collection and reporting during the pandemic. The success of the registry strongly depends on the willingness of the respective centers to report the data, which has developed very positively so far and requires special thanks to all participating centers. The rights to own data and biomaterials (stored decentrally) remain with each respective center. The DEFEAT PANDEMIcs network expands on this and aims to strengthen harmonization and standardization as well as nationwide implementation and cooperation in the field of pandemic autopsies.

          Conclusions

          The extraordinary cooperation in the field of autopsies in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic is impressively demonstrated by the establishment of DeRegCOVID, the merger of the registry of neuropathology (CNS-COVID19) with DeRegCOVID and the establishment of the autopsy network DEFEAT PANDEMIcs. It gives a strong signal for the necessity, readiness, and expertise to jointly help manage current and future pandemics by autopsy-derived knowledge.

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          Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19

          Progressive respiratory failure is the primary cause of death in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Despite widespread interest in the pathophysiology of the disease, relatively little is known about the associated morphologic and molecular changes in the peripheral lung of patients who die from Covid-19.
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            COVID-19 Autopsies, Oklahoma, USA

            Abstract Objectives To report the methods and findings of two complete autopsies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positive individuals who died in Oklahoma (United States) in March 2020. Methods Complete postmortem examinations were performed according to standard procedures in a negative-pressure autopsy suite/isolation room using personal protective equipment, including N95 masks, eye protection, and gowns. The diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing on postmortem swabs. Results A 77-year-old obese man with a history of hypertension, splenectomy, and 6 days of fever and chills died while being transported for medical care. He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on postmortem nasopharyngeal and lung parenchymal swabs. Autopsy revealed diffuse alveolar damage and chronic inflammation and edema in the bronchial mucosa. A 42-year-old obese man with a history of myotonic dystrophy developed abdominal pain followed by fever, shortness of breath, and cough. Postmortem nasopharyngeal swab was positive for SARS-CoV-2; lung parenchymal swabs were negative. Autopsy showed acute bronchopneumonia with evidence of aspiration. Neither autopsy revealed viral inclusions, mucus plugging in airways, eosinophils, or myocarditis. Conclusions SARS-CoV-2 testing can be performed at autopsy. Autopsy findings such as diffuse alveolar damage and airway inflammation reflect true virus-related pathology; other findings represent superimposed or unrelated processes.
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              Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome

              Summary Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a novel infectious disease with global impact. A virus from the family Coronaviridae has been identified as the cause, but the pathogenesis is still unclear. Methods Post-mortem tissue samples from six patients who died from SARS in February and March, 2003, and an open lung biopsy from one of these patients were studied by histology and virology. Only one full autopsy was done. Evidence of infection with the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and human metapneumovirus was sought by reverse-transcriptase PCR and serology. Pathological samples were examined by light and electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Findings All six patients had serological evidence of recent infection with SARS-CoV. Diffuse alveolar damage was common but not universal. Morphological changes identified were bronchial epithelial denudation, loss of cilia, and squamous metaplasia. Secondary bacterial pneumonia was present in one case. A giant-cell infiltrate was seen in four patients, with a pronounced increase in macrophages in the alveoli and the interstitium of the lung. Haemophagocytosis was present in two patients. The alveolar pneumocytes also showed cytomegaly with granular amphophilic cytoplasm. The patient for whom full autopsy was done had atrophy of the white pulp of the spleen. Electron microscopy revealed viral particles in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells corresponding to coronavirus. Interpretation SARS is associated with epithelial-cell proliferation and an increase in macrophages in the lung. The presence of haemophagocytosis supports the contention that cytokine dysregulation may account, at least partly, for the severity of the clinical disease. The case definition of SARS should acknowledge the range of lung pathology associated with this disease. Published online May 16, 2003 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art4347web.pdf
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                Contributors
                svonstillfri@ukaachen.de
                pboor@ukaachen.de
                Journal
                Pathologe
                Pathologe
                Der Pathologe
                Springer Medizin (Heidelberg )
                0172-8113
                1432-1963
                16 February 2021
                : 1-8
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.412301.5, ISNI 0000 0000 8653 1507, Institut für Pathologie, , Universitätsklinik RWTH Aachen, ; Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Deutschland
                [2 ]GRID grid.8664.c, ISNI 0000 0001 2165 8627, Institut für Neuropathologie, , Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, ; Gießen, Deutschland
                [3 ]GRID grid.13648.38, ISNI 0000 0001 2180 3484, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, , Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, ; Hamburg, Deutschland
                [4 ]GRID grid.412282.f, ISNI 0000 0001 1091 2917, Institut für Pathologie, , Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, ; Dresden, Deutschland
                [5 ]Institut für Pathologie Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Deutschland
                [6 ]GRID grid.432880.5, ISNI 0000 0001 2179 9550, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, ; Berlin, Deutschland
                [7 ]GRID grid.10423.34, ISNI 0000 0000 9529 9877, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung e. V., Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), , Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, ; Hannover, Deutschland
                [8 ]GRID grid.412301.5, ISNI 0000 0000 8653 1507, Institut für Medizinische Informatik, , Universitätsklinik RWTH Aachen, ; Aachen, Deutschland
                [9 ]GRID grid.412301.5, ISNI 0000 0000 8653 1507, Medizinische Klinik II (Nephrologie und Immunologie), , Universitätsklinik RWTH Aachen, ; Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Deutschland
                [10 ]Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
                [11 ]Bundesverband Deutscher Pathologen e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
                [12 ]Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neuropathologie und Neuroanatomie e. V., Magdeburg, Deutschland
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                W. Roth, Mainz

                P. Boor, Aachen

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                : 15 December 2020
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                Schwerpunkt: COVID-19

                autopsie,interoperabilität,register,sars-cov‑2,gewebebanken,autopsy,interoperability,registries,tissue banks

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