Characteristics of discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnoses in the intensive care unit: A 5-year review

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Silfvast, Tom ^a   Takkunen, Olli ^a   Kolho, Elina ^a   Andersson, Leif C ^b   Rosenberg, Per ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Critical care; Diagnostic errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY;

EID: 0037302946     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1576-z     Document Type: Article

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