Value of postmortem studies in deceased neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit patients

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 470, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 217-223

  Widmann, Raphael ^a   Caduff, Rosmarie ^a   Giudici, Luca ^a   Zhong, Qing ^a   Vogetseder, Alexander ^c   Arlettaz, Romaine ^a   Frey, Bernhard ^b   Moch, Holger ^a   Bode, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death; Diagnostic error; NICU; PICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TRENDS;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85006147367     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-016-2056-0     Document Type: Article

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