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A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: II. Analysis of inaccuracies in clinical diagnoses and their significance |
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| Authors: | H M Cameron E McGoogan |
| Abstract: | A further analysis of 1152 hospital autopsies provides data on inaccuracies of specific diagnoses; there are many examples of overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis. All were encountered in a routine hospital autopsy service and their frequency confirms the importance of the hospital autopsy in medical audit. A knowledge of the misdiagnoses which recur frequently could provide guidance in the selection of cases for autopsy. |
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