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Article: Study compares clinical diagnoses and autopsy diagnoses in ICU deaths.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- March 10, 2004
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2004 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Comparing clinical diagnoses with autopsy findings for patients who died in intensive care units (ICUs) provides information about underlying missed diagnoses, according to a new study.
Autopsy rates have decreased worldwide. The reasons for the decline in autopsy rates are attributed to fear of potential legal repercussions should misdiagnoses be discovered, reluctance of families to give permission for the procedure, and doubt regarding the usefulness of autopsies given today's modern diagnostic techniques. Recent studies suggest that major discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnoses exist, and may be ...