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AUTOPSIES AND DEATH CERTIFICATION

Book ID
123440215
Publisher
The Lancet
Year
1924
Tongue
English
Weight
407 KB
Volume
203
Category
Article
ISSN
0140-6736

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A prospective study of 1152 hospital aut
A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: I. Inaccuracies in death certification
✍ H. M. Cameron; E. McGoogan πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1981 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 617 KB

## Abstract Comparison of certified clinical diagnoses with autopsy findings showed that, while the major cause of death was confirmed in 61 per cent. of cases, many diagnosesβ€”both major and contributoryβ€”were wrong; many clinical diagnoses were either disproved or relegated to a less important role

The inadequacy of death certificates cla
The inadequacy of death certificates claiming myocardial infarction without autopsy verification
✍ Edda Ambach; Walter Rabl; Christoph Unger; GΓΌnter Weiss πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1995 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 134 KB

Autopsy represents the best opportunity for clinicians to check their diagnostic certainty. The necessity of performing an autopsy to determine the underlying cause of death has been questioned with the advent of more sophisticated diagnostic methods. Since myocardial infarction is the most frequent