Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings in critically ill children: a prospective study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings in critically ill children: a prospective study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published December 2016

Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings in critically ill children: a prospective study.

Carlotti AP, Bachette LG, Carmona F, Manso PH, Vicente WV, Ramalho FS. Am J Clin Pathol. 2016;146:701-708.

This autopsy study demonstrated significant discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnoses among children who died in the intensive care unit. These results demonstrate the importance of autopsy as an educational tool for clinical teams to improve patient outcomes.

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