Evaluation of the rate of autopsy and rate of disparity between autopsy results and clinical cause of death in a surgical ward, with the emphasis on necrological review;Een onderzoek naar het percentage obducties en naar discrepanties tussen obductiebevindingen en klinische doodsoorzaak op een heelkundige afdeling met extra aandacht voor necrologiebesprekingen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 1579-1583

  Lardenoye, J H P ^a   Kastelijn, K W J E ^a   Van Esch, L ^a   Peeters, M P F M Vrancken ^a   Breslau, P J ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BYPASS SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 22144457534     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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