A comparison of the antemortem clinical diagnosis and autopsy findings for patients who die in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 957-959

  O'Connor, Alan E ^a   Parry, Jeremy T ^a   Richardson, Drew B ^a   Jain, Sanjiv ^a   Herdson, Peter B ^a  

^a LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Postmortem examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036711837     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.9.957     Document Type: Article

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