Add to ORKGAutopsies of 3305 cases performed at the Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University and affiliated hospitals from 1974 to 1998 are analyzed. The numbers and rates of autopsy were highest in 1980, 224 cases and 48.4% respectively, and subsequently they have declined, finally to 53 cases and 13.0% respectively in 1998. The frequencies of main disorders were neoplasms (1853 cases), circulatory disturbances (528 cases), inflammation (466 cases), regenerative and reperative disorders (299 cases), degenerative and metabolic disorders (164 cases), congenital diseases (141 cases) and trauma and others (34 cases) in this order. The frequent anatomical diagnoses were lung cancer (436 cases), liver cirrhosis (293 cases), liver cancer (26...
The rate of diagnostic error has not declined over the last 30 years despite the improvement in diag...
Introduction: Autopsy is a procedure that aids to identify the changes occurring in the organs which...
INTRODUCTION: The autopsy rate has continuously diminished over the past few decades, reducing the q...
The autopsy rate gradually decreased during 1950–1999, and increased during the most recent decade (...
The rate of autopsies of patients dying in hospital has now decreased not only in Japan but also in...
Background: Autopsy is a veritable tool for auditing the accuracy of clinincal diagnosis. This study...
In the past twenty years autopsies are performed much less frequently in the elderly than in younger...
Changes in our society may potentially lead to shifts in the profile of forensic autopsies. A retros...
CONTEXT: The autopsy rate gradually decreased during 1950-1999, and increased during the most recent...
During the last decades, autopsy rates have dramatically decreased in many countries. The Cancer Reg...
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...
<p>Of these, 2785 were male and 1355 female. The largest number of cases occurred between 1960 and 1...
Abstract. A high autopsy rate allows accurate epidemiological studies and quality control of medical...
The clinical diagnoses of 377 patients were compared with those derived from autopsy; the incidence,...
The rate of diagnostic error has not declined over the last 30 years despite the improvement in diag...
Introduction: Autopsy is a procedure that aids to identify the changes occurring in the organs which...
INTRODUCTION: The autopsy rate has continuously diminished over the past few decades, reducing the q...
The autopsy rate gradually decreased during 1950–1999, and increased during the most recent decade (...
The rate of autopsies of patients dying in hospital has now decreased not only in Japan but also in...
Background: Autopsy is a veritable tool for auditing the accuracy of clinincal diagnosis. This study...
In the past twenty years autopsies are performed much less frequently in the elderly than in younger...
Changes in our society may potentially lead to shifts in the profile of forensic autopsies. A retros...
CONTEXT: The autopsy rate gradually decreased during 1950-1999, and increased during the most recent...
During the last decades, autopsy rates have dramatically decreased in many countries. The Cancer Reg...
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...
<p>Of these, 2785 were male and 1355 female. The largest number of cases occurred between 1960 and 1...
Abstract. A high autopsy rate allows accurate epidemiological studies and quality control of medical...
The clinical diagnoses of 377 patients were compared with those derived from autopsy; the incidence,...
The rate of diagnostic error has not declined over the last 30 years despite the improvement in diag...
Introduction: Autopsy is a procedure that aids to identify the changes occurring in the organs which...
INTRODUCTION: The autopsy rate has continuously diminished over the past few decades, reducing the q...