Summary points Despite the relevant information that postmortem examinations can provide, autopsy rates have been declining worldwide in the last few decades. Autopsies are especially necessary in low-income countries, where reliable information on cause of death is much more limited and in vivo clinical diagnosis is hampered by the scarce availability of diagnostic tools. The use of the autopsy or of robust substitutes for this procedure needs to be encouraged as a mechanism for the continuous improvement of clinical diagnosis and as a complement for cause-of-death investigation and surveillance
4An extensive literature documents a high prevalence of errors in clinical diagnosis discovered at a...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countri...
<p>Introduction <br /> The number of autoptic controls is progressively dropping worldwide during th...
Summary points Despite the relevant information that postmortem examinations can provide, autopsy ra...
In many countries, including the UK, where relatives ’ consent is required, clinical autopsy rates (...
Investigative dissection of a dead body primarily to find out cause of death is known as postmortem ...
Objective: The consequences of a low autopsy rate are not considered in determining the cause of dea...
International audiencePURPOSE: The search for cause of death is important to improve knowledge and p...
Background Because of low acceptance rates and limited capacity, complete diagnostic autopsies (CDAs...
The autopsy is important to keep up the high quality of modern medicine, by giving clinicians feedba...
Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where th...
A major failure of our global society in the 21st century is that many people in developing countrie...
In sudden cardiac death, an autopsy is an essential step in establishing a diagnosis of inherited ca...
In sudden cardiac death, an autopsy is an essential step in establishing a diagnosis of inherited ca...
The use of clinical autopsy has been in decline for many years throughout healthcare systems of deve...
4An extensive literature documents a high prevalence of errors in clinical diagnosis discovered at a...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countri...
<p>Introduction <br /> The number of autoptic controls is progressively dropping worldwide during th...
Summary points Despite the relevant information that postmortem examinations can provide, autopsy ra...
In many countries, including the UK, where relatives ’ consent is required, clinical autopsy rates (...
Investigative dissection of a dead body primarily to find out cause of death is known as postmortem ...
Objective: The consequences of a low autopsy rate are not considered in determining the cause of dea...
International audiencePURPOSE: The search for cause of death is important to improve knowledge and p...
Background Because of low acceptance rates and limited capacity, complete diagnostic autopsies (CDAs...
The autopsy is important to keep up the high quality of modern medicine, by giving clinicians feedba...
Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where th...
A major failure of our global society in the 21st century is that many people in developing countrie...
In sudden cardiac death, an autopsy is an essential step in establishing a diagnosis of inherited ca...
In sudden cardiac death, an autopsy is an essential step in establishing a diagnosis of inherited ca...
The use of clinical autopsy has been in decline for many years throughout healthcare systems of deve...
4An extensive literature documents a high prevalence of errors in clinical diagnosis discovered at a...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countri...
<p>Introduction <br /> The number of autoptic controls is progressively dropping worldwide during th...