Virtual autopsy as an alternative to traditional medical autopsy in the intensive care unit; A prospective cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Wichmann, Dominic ^a   Obbelode, Frieder ^a   Vogel, Hermann ^a   Hoepker, Wilhelm Wolfgang ^a   Nierhaus, Axel ^a   Braune, Stephan ^a   Sauter, Guido ^a   Pueschel, Klaus ^a   Kluge, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84855852846     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-2-201201170-00008     Document Type: Article

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