[Incidence, etiology and diagnostic errors of pneumonia in general hospitals].
327 and 736 protocols of postmortem examinations from Moscow hospitals N 31 and 57, respectively, were evaluated statistically. The quality of clinical diagnosis of pneumonia was examined. Pneumonia caused death in 26.3 and 21.1% of cases in Moscow hospitals 31 and 57, respectively. Besides subjective reasons which were the main cause of diagnostic mistakes, there were such factors as poor condition of patients, atypical pneumonia course, alcoholism.
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D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
Chastota vstrechaemosti, étiologiia i oshibki v diagnostike pnevmoniĭ v statsionarakh obshchego profilia.