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What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies?
Infectious and noninfectious pulmonary diseases are commonly found on postmortem autopsy studies in patients with hematological malignancy. Despite the technological advances in diagnostic testing and imaging modalities, obtaining an accurate clinical diagnosis remains difficult and often not possib...
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author | Pastores, Stephen M. Dulu, Alina O. DeSouza, Shilpa A. |
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description | Infectious and noninfectious pulmonary diseases are commonly found on postmortem autopsy studies in patients with hematological malignancy. Despite the technological advances in diagnostic testing and imaging modalities, obtaining an accurate clinical diagnosis remains difficult and often not possible until autopsy. Major diagnostic discrepancies between clinical premortem diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings have been reported in these patients. The most common missed diagnoses are due to opportunistic infections and cardiopulmonary complications. These findings underscore the importance of enhanced surveillance, monitoring and treatment of infections and cardiopulmonary disorders in these patients. Autopsies remain important in determining an accurate cause of death and for improved understanding of diagnostic deficiencies, as well as for medical education and quality assurance. |
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spelling | pubmed-71230322020-04-06 What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? Pastores, Stephen M. Dulu, Alina O. DeSouza, Shilpa A. Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematological Malignancies Article Infectious and noninfectious pulmonary diseases are commonly found on postmortem autopsy studies in patients with hematological malignancy. Despite the technological advances in diagnostic testing and imaging modalities, obtaining an accurate clinical diagnosis remains difficult and often not possible until autopsy. Major diagnostic discrepancies between clinical premortem diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings have been reported in these patients. The most common missed diagnoses are due to opportunistic infections and cardiopulmonary complications. These findings underscore the importance of enhanced surveillance, monitoring and treatment of infections and cardiopulmonary disorders in these patients. Autopsies remain important in determining an accurate cause of death and for improved understanding of diagnostic deficiencies, as well as for medical education and quality assurance. 2010-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7123032/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15742-4_20 Text en © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Pastores, Stephen M. Dulu, Alina O. DeSouza, Shilpa A. What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title | What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title_full | What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title_fullStr | What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title_full_unstemmed | What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title_short | What Has Been Learned from Postmortem Studies? |
title_sort | what has been learned from postmortem studies? |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7123032/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15742-4_20 |
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