Consecutive autopsies on an internal medicine service.(Original Article)

Southern Medical Journal | April 1, 2004| | Copyright

Objectives: Autopsy rates continue to decline in the United States despite the demonstrated value of this procedure in many different settings. We sought to review clinical pathologic discordance information generated by autopsies on an internal medicine service in the urban United States and to determine whether resident services appear to influence autopsy rates.

Methods: We reviewed consecutive deaths and autopsies on an inpatient internal medicine service during a 30-month period at a 400-bed community hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Results: There were 622 ...

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