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Gratis para todos: Exploración del consentimiento de los parientes más cercanos para la autopsia
Meagan Chambers1,2, Shera Wanner3, Charlie M Sawyer3
1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Academic pathology
|February 2, 2026
Resumen
Las tasas de consentimiento de autopsia variaron según el sexo y el idioma principal, incluso cuando se ofrecieron de forma gratuita. Estos hallazgos resaltan las diferencias en la toma de decisiones sobre la autopsia, no las barreras de acceso.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Servicios de Médico Forense y Forense
- Patología
- Salud Pública
Sus antecedentes:
- Las autopsias son cruciales para confirmar diagnósticos, descubrir hallazgos inesperados y avanzar en el conocimiento médico.
- Comprender los patrones de consentimiento de autopsia en diversos grupos demográficos es esencial, especialmente cuando se eliminan las barreras de acceso.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar las tendencias socioeconómicas en la utilización de autopsias en grupos de raza, sexo, ingresos e idioma principal.
- Identificar las disparidades demográficas en el consentimiento de autopsia en una institución académica con una política de consentimiento universal.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión retrospectiva de muertes y autopsias intrahospitalarias de 2018 a 2022.
- Comparación de las frecuencias de autopsia con variables demográficas (raza, estado económico, sexo, idioma principal).
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una tasa de consentimiento de autopsia del 17,7 % (821 autopsias de 4626 muertes).
- Las autopsias fueron más comunes en hombres, pacientes blancos no hispanos y residentes dentro del estado.
- Las mujeres, los asiáticos y los hablantes no nativos de inglés tuvieron menos probabilidades de someterse a una autopsia (P<0,00001 para el inglés como segundo idioma).
Conclusiones:
- Incluso con ofertas universales y gratuitas de autopsia, existen disparidades en la utilización basadas en el sexo y el idioma principal.
- Estas diferencias sugieren variaciones en las decisiones de consentimiento en lugar de limitaciones en el acceso a los servicios de autopsia.
- Se necesita más investigación para comprender las razones subyacentes de estos patrones de consentimiento observados.
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