Autopsy and clinical diagnoses in a psychiatric hospital.
We made a retrospective analysis of clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings for patients who died in the psychiatric hospital in the city of Zagreb in two different periods--1965-67 and 1985-87. Between these two periods, the autopsy rate decreased from 64 to 31%. The level of clinicopathological discrepancies remained the same, but with the decrease in autopsy rate a problem emerged in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases. The purpose and value of autopsy in a psychiatric hospital is discussed.
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Department of Pathology, Dr M. Stojanovic University Hospital, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Belicza
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003933:Diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015022:Yugoslavia