Medical autopsies: Retrospective analysis of indications and relevance of the results for the medical community;Les autopsies médicales : analyse rétrospective des demandes et apport de leurs résultats à la communauté hospitalo-universitaire

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-19

  Duband, Sébastien ^a   Forest, Fabien ^a   Dumollard, Jean Marc ^a   Chambonnière Simon, Marie Laure ^a   Clémenson, Alix ^a   Péoc'h, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis; Error; Morbidity; Mortality; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60249090422     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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