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AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLINICAL AND ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSES IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE.

Fernanda Staub RodriguesIsabella Correa de OliveiraMônica Nunes Lima CatMaria Clara Lopes MattosGabriela Andrioli Silva
Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2021)
Autopsy not only enables to identify diagnostic errors, but also provides the opportunity to learn from mistakes. The results emphasize the relevance of the autopsy examination for diagnostic elucidation and the creation of an information database concerning the main diagnoses of patients who rapidly progress to death in PICU, increasing the index of clinical suspicion of the team working at this unit.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • patient safety
  • young adults
  • quality improvement