The role of autopsy in the intensive care unit

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 947-950

  Nadrous, Hassan F ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a   Pfeifer, Eric A ^a   Peters, Steve G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY RUPTURE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042206861     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.8.947     Document Type: Review

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