A study of consecutive autopsies in a medical ICU: A comparison of clinical cause of death and autopsy diagnosis

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Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 530-536

  Tai, Dessmon Y H ^a   El Bilbeisi, H ^b   Tewari, Sanjiv ^b   Mascha, Edward J ^b   Wiedemann, Herbert P ^b   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy diagnosis; Cause of death; Clinical diagnosis; Concordance; Disseminated fungal infection; Intensive care; Organ transplantation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035117404     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.2.530     Document Type: Article

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