Relationship between premortem and postmortem diagnosis in critically ill bone marrow transplantation patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 570-573

  Al Saidi, Fatma ^a   Diaz Granados, Natalia ^a   Messner, Hans ^a   Herridge, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active care withdrawal; Autopsy; Bone marrow transplantation; Diagnostic discrepancy; Goldman criteria; Intensive care unit; Postmortem; Premortem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036188949     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200203000-00012     Document Type: Article

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