Diagnosis and cause of death in a neonatal intensive care unit - How important is autops?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 760-763

  Costa, Sandra ^a   Rodrigues, Manuela ^a   Centeno, Maria José ^a   Martins, Angelina ^a   Vilan, Ana ^a,b   Brandao, Otília ^a   Guimaraes, Hercília ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis; Neonate; NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOLOGIST; PORTUGAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953871597     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.520047     Document Type: Article

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