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Who Is at Risk for Diagnostic Discrepancies? Comparison of Pre- and Postmortal Diagnoses in 1800 Patients of 3 Medical Decades in East and West Berlin

BACKGROUND: Autopsy rates in Western countries consistently decline to an average of <5%, although clinical autopsies represent a reasonable tool for quality control in hospitals, medically and economically. Comparing pre- and postmortal diagnoses, diagnostic discrepancies as uncovered by clinica...

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Autores principales: Wittschieber, Daniel, Klauschen, Frederick, Kimmritz, Anna-Christin, von Winterfeld, Moritz, Kamphues, Carsten, Scholman, Hans-Joachim, Erbersdobler, Andreas, Pfeiffer, Heidi, Denkert, Carsten, Dietel, Manfred, Weichert, Wilko, Budczies, Jan, Stenzinger, Albrecht
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037460