title: Autopsy services for dementia patients.
abstract: Chiefs of Pathology of every nonfederal hospital in Maryland were surveyed to determine their hospitals' experience with autopsies of dementia patients. Few pathology services had extensive, ongoing experience with these postmortem examinations, and many hospitals lacked special histochemical techniques or a referral system to evaluate them. Problems exist in obtaining postmortem examinations for dementia patients, especially those who die outside facilities with Autopsy Services.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Schlough
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D001344:Autopsy; D003704:Dementia; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires