The relationship of pre mortem diagnoses and post mortem findings in a surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Mort, Thomas C ^a   Yeston, Neil S ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic discrepancy; Goldman criteria; ICU; Post mortem; Post mortera error; Pre mortem errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032909972     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00035     Document Type: Article

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