title: Clinical or postmortem? The importance of the autopsy; a retrospective study.
abstract: Medicine is continually evolving; the new technologies of diagnosis and treatment continue to improve the life expectancy and lead to new information concerning various pathologies. The autopsy is viewed more and more as an ultimate branch of medicine and used only in extreme cases or for forensic purposes. Nevertheless, many studies, including this one, prove the utility and indispensability of the autopsies, without which a complete and accurate diagnosis cannot be made. Finally, the autopsy followed by histopathological examination of the tissues remains the ultimate and most important step for the apprehension of the diseases and for further evolution of medicine. This study reveals the correspondence rate between the clinical and the postmortem diagnosis, as well as between macroscopic and histopathological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ; Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costache
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ; Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Anca Mihaela
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lazaroiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Andreea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Contolenco
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costache
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Simion
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ; Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Oana Maria
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Patrascu
keywords: autopsy; clinical diagnosis; correspondence rate; postmortem diagnosis