title: The concordance score. Correlation of clinical and autopsy findings.
abstract: The traditional pathology report does not indicate concordance of the antemortem clinical diagnosis with autopsy findings. While doing a retrospective review of autopsies performed in our facility, we developed an approach that permits the determination of a "concordance score." The concordance score expresses the extent of agreement or disagreement of clinical with autopsy findings in ten predetermined categories. This approach is open to the verdict of our colleagues.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D012189:Retrospective Studies