Clinical and Autopsy Diagnoses in the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-392

  Combes, Alain ^a,b   Mokhtari, Mourad ^a   Couvelard, Anne ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Baudot, Jérôme ^a   Hénin, Dominique ^a   Gibert, Claude ^a   Chastre, Jean ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242275199     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.4.389     Document Type: Article

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