Perioperative deaths: A further comparative review of Coroner's autopsies with particular reference to the occurrence of fatal iatrogenic injury

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 486-497

  Lau, Gilbert ^a  

^a Centre for Forensic Medicine Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autopsies; Iatrogenic deaths; Multiple interventions; Reporting trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034232308     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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