The four horsemen: Clinicopathological correlation in 407 hospital autopsies

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 626-632

  Heriot, G S ^a,b   Pitman, A G ^a   Gonzales, M ^b   McKelvie, P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

autopsy; diagnosis; diagnostic error; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956790682     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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