But this can only be definitively done at post mortem by examining the brain.
It was discovered that 170 hearts were removed during post mortem examinations without consent.
But a post mortem examination found the little boy was dead before the blaze began.
The first: Virtually every post mortem that relies on the blame game has the same result.
Yes, intelligence and warning can always be improved if the post mortem is realistic and objective.
Speaking in January, he said cyanide over the post mortem period can evaporate and leave the tissues.
Instruments said to have been used during Elvis Presley's post mortem and embalming have been withdrawn from auction.
The jury heard that a post mortem examination showed Mr Millar had been taking heroin before he died.
The first attendance at a post mortem examination is, to say the least, a shock to the system.
North Wales Corononer Dewi Pritchard Jones said a post mortem showed Mr Davies had died of natural causes.
In addition the doctors who conducted the first post mortem have been suspended.
After reviewing the results of his post mortem examination, the doctors said the child's adoptive parents had done nothing wrong.
He claimed this was because the hospital had not given him the resources to carry out detailed post mortem examinations.
Officials say a post mortem examination will be conducted to determine if his death was linked to his gunshot injuries.
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Assistant commissioner of police Rajinder Singh said Mr. Singh's body had been moved to a nearby hospital for a post mortem.
It is believed the maternity hospital thought the foetuses would be sensitively and appropriately dealt with after any post mortem examination.
Not all of them were coroners' post mortem examinations - some were carried out by Alder Hey with no coroner's involvement.
Tests have revealed he had measles but results of a post mortem examination are expected to determine the exact cause of death.
Results of post mortem tests are expected to be announced on Friday.
Watch this space for the post mortem when A123 is forced to declare bankruptcy just in time for the 2012 presidential election.
Due to the length of time James Fenton's body had lain undetected, a post mortem examination was unable to establish how he died.
They were, after all, facing a massive open goal - as Tim Montgomerie pointed out at this lunchtime post mortem of the 2010 campaign.
Officials will continue to investigate animal deaths where appropriate, carrying out field visits and collecting carcases for post mortem at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
Post mortem tests on the body of a student who went missing from a New Year's Eve club night have proved inconclusive, police said.
The RSPCA has called for post mortem examinations on the horses that were killed, but have said that the track itself is not at fault.
Sussex Police said they would not be able to release further information about the inquiry until results of a post mortem examination being held on Tuesday were known.
All post mortem examinations should be done by a paediatric pathologist, a specialist in babies' disorders, who will perform the full range of tests on babies who have died.
Pathologist Dr Roger Williams told the inquest that the post mortem examination showed overwhelming infection and septicaemia which came from the injections, although the surgeon had used sterile needles.
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She was then asked why the two pathologists who carried out the post mortem examination on Declan and the radiographer who X-rayed his body had not mentioned Harris lines.
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