Diagnostic performance in a primary referral hospital assessed by autopsy: Evolution over a ten-year period

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 784-787

  Thurnheer, Robert ^a   Hoess, Claus ^a   Doenecke, Christian ^b   Moll, Carlo ^a   Muntwyler, Jörg ^c   Krause, Martin ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Muensterlingen   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c Facharzt Kardiologie u Innere Medizin FMH ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiovascular diseases; Diagnostic errors; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TRENDS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350759651     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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