Lessons learned from autopsies at a pediatric teaching hospital.
Twenty-six percent of pediatric patients had discrepant major diagnoses revealed at autopsy. A printed form used to document permission for autopsies improved the autopsy rate. No variables were found to predict the success rate for obtaining autopsies.
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
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Stolman
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Castello
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Holland
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DiCarlo
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Von Hagen
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Mautone
D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans