[Autopsies at a nursing home].
We studied the clinical data and the autopsy findings of 88 patients to evaluate the importance of autopsies in Dutch nursing homes. The results of this retrospective analysis showed that 28% of the clinical diagnoses were not confirmed by autopsy. In 40% of the cases the direct cause of death was different from that expected by the clinician. In particulars, pneumonia and congestive heart failure relatively often caused diagnostic problems in a psychogeriatric nursing home. Autopsies appear to be useful to study causes of death, to verify the clinical diagnoses and to evaluate the results of treatment.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003933:Diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Obducties in een verpleeghuis.