Who is at risk for diagnostic discrepancies? Comparison of pre- and postmortal diagnoses in 1800 patients of 3 medical decades in East and West Berlin.

Who is at risk for diagnostic discrepancies? Comparison of pre- and postmortal diagnoses in 1800 patients of 3 medical decades in East and West Berlin.

<h4>Background</h4>Autopsy rates in Western countries consistently decline to an average of <5%, although clinical autopsies represent a reasonable tool for quality control in hospitals, medically and economically. Comparing pre- and postmortal diagnoses, diagnostic discrepancies as u...

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Main Authors: Daniel Wittschieber, Frederick Klauschen, Anna-Christin Kimmritz, Moritz von Winterfeld, Carsten Kamphues, Hans-Joachim Scholman, Andreas Erbersdobler, Heidi Pfeiffer, Carsten Denkert, Manfred Dietel, Wilko Weichert, Jan Budczies, Albrecht Stenzinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22629399/pdf/?tool=EBI

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