(精编)Autopsies still a gold standard教学课件.pptVIP

Autopsies: still a gold standard ?;Background;We excluded incomplete autopsy cases and also pediatric autopsies ( 16 years old). We confronted the clinical diagnoses listed on the autopsy request form with pathological diagnoses in the autopsy report. Clinically important discrepancies were defined as: -major :missed diagnoses for which detection and treatment before death might have resulted in cure or prolongation of survival or for which detection before death would probably have led to a change in management. -minor: missed diagnoses without clinical implication. Sudden death w