id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-354372-vfvnjmv1 Carpenito, L. The autopsy at the time of SARS-CoV-2: Protocol and lessons 2020-07-04 .txt text/plain 5696 256 51 In the current pandemic scenario of SARS-CoV-2, the autopsy appears to be a crucial tool to clarify the virus target cells in human, the frameworks of organ damage and the biological mechanisms that lead to death or allow the patient to heal. To minimize the dispersion of blood and biological fluids, it is essential to always operate in the area of the autopsy table: the viscera removed from the body must be placed either on the iron section table, placed above the patient's thighs, or in a large tray with high steel edges resting on the patient's legs, during weighing, macroscopic examination and sampling of the viscera. Given the multiple clinical findings of neurological symptoms in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 [22, 23] , it appears indispensable to perform the evisceration and examination of the brain and brainstem, for the completeness of the autopsy and for the very few morphological data available today on the central nervous system. ./cache/cord-354372-vfvnjmv1.txt ./txt/cord-354372-vfvnjmv1.txt