Death within 48 hours of admission to the emergency department: The value of autopsy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-91

  Jayawardena, Suriya ^a   Lauro, Joseph R ^a   Eisdorfer, Jacob ^a   Indulkar, Shalaka ^b   Barua, Anomadarshi ^a   Sridhar, Sundara ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antemortem; Autopsy; Cause of death; Intoxication; Postmortem; Pulmonary thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547901012     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31812f53d6     Document Type: Article

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