Comparison of the clinical diagnosis and subsequent autopsy findings in medical malpractice.

Isil Pakis; Oguz Polat; Nesime Yayci; Mustafa Karapirli

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Comparison of the clinical diagnosis and subsequent autopsy findings in medical malpractice.

October 6, 2010

Pakis I, Polat O, Yayci N, et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010;31(3):218-21.

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This study from Turkey confirms the utility of autopsies in identifying diagnostic errors, as there was discordance between the clinical and pathologic diagnoses in 13.8% of cases.

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