Association of pre mortem diagnosis and autopsy findings in pediatric intensive care unit versus emergency department versus ward patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-686

  Goldstein, Brahm ^a   Metlay, Leon ^b   Cox, Christopher ^b   Rubenstein, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; cause of death; critical illness; diagnosis, pre mortem; emergency department; intensive care unit, pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEW YORK; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029963553     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199604000-00022     Document Type: Article

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