Autopsy: Quality assurance in the ICU

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-363

  Gut, A L ^a   Ferreira, A L A ^a   Montenegro, M R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopsy diagnosis; Class I error; Class II error; Critical care unit; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032958947     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050858     Document Type: Article

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