Autopsy 2018: Still Necessary, even if Occasionally Not Sufficient

Circulation

Volumn 137, Issue 25, 2018, Pages 2686-2688

  Goldman, Lee ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; diagnosis; medical errors; postmortem changes; tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053380710     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.033236     Document Type: Review

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