Discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnoses in Jamaica: A study from the University Hospital of the West Indies

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 980-985

  Gibson, T N ^a   Shirley, S E ^a   Escoffery, C T ^a   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CADAVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444253602     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.016246     Document Type: Article

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