title: [The yield of autopsies in a pediatric practice].
abstract: The yield of autopsies in a paediatric population. A retrospective analysis is presented of 91 autopsies on children, who died during the period January 1975 and December 1984 in St. Joseph Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven. In 21% of the cases (newborns 23% and older children 13%) the autopsy provided the definitive explanation for the cause of death. In 43% of the cases unexpected findings were obtained during autopsy. In 12% of the cases autopsy could not substantiate a suspected diagnosis and in 12% of the cases the findings at the autopsy influenced genetic counseling. This high rate of return stresses the importance of autopsy as a mean to improve the quality of medical care in a paediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, St. Joseph Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Tjon A Ten
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lommen
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Het rendement van obducties in een pediatrische praktijk.