Do autopsies of critically ill patients reveal important findings that were clinically undetected?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1332-1336

  Blosser, Sandralee A ^a   Zimmerman, Helen E ^a   Stauffer, John L ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death; Critical care; Decision making; Diagnostic errors; Education; Fatal outcome; Intensive care; Mortality; Pathology; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031904260     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199808000-00015     Document Type: Article

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