Findings on necropsy studies in critically ill patients;Hallazgos en los estudios necropsicos realizados en pacientes criticos

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-9

  Palazon Sanchez C ^a,b   Palazon Sanchez E ^a   Pardo Talavera, J C ^a   Gil Rueda, B ^a   Blanco Molina, T ^a   Espinosa Berenguel, J L ^a   Gomez Ramos M J ^a   Pastor Quirante, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis ante mortem; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032968827     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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