Comparison between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings in a pediatric intensive care unit in São Paulo, Brazil

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 423-427

  Cardoso, Marta P ^a   Bourguignon, Dafne C ^a   Gomes, Márcio M ^b   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^b   Pereira, Crésio R ^a   Troster, Eduardo J ^a,b  

^a Instituto da Criança   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death discrepancy; Child; Critical care; Diagnostic errors; Mortality; Pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33748674640     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000235257.86519.16     Document Type: Article

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