The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine
Background: the discrepancy indexes and the coincidence of the causes of death in clinical and morphological diagnosis are, in an indirect way, indicators of the quality of medical care. Objective: to describe the importance of the autopsy, as well as general aspects of the clinical-pathological co...
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| author | Alberto José Piamo-Morales Daisy Ferrer-Marrero Digna Chávez-Jiménez Isnerio Arzuaga-Anderson Lourdes Palma-Machado |
| author_facet | Alberto José Piamo-Morales Daisy Ferrer-Marrero Digna Chávez-Jiménez Isnerio Arzuaga-Anderson Lourdes Palma-Machado |
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| description | Background: the discrepancy indexes and the coincidence of the causes of death in clinical and morphological diagnosis are, in an indirect way, indicators of the quality of medical care.
Objective: to describe the importance of the autopsy, as well as general aspects of the clinical-pathological correlation.
Methods: a literature review in Spanish and English was carried out in PubMed, Hinari and SciELO databases from 2000 to 2019; 58 published documents were obtained, of which 27 were selected (10 original research articles, 12 reviews, 3 theses and 2 books).
Results: autopsy allows the comparison of clinical and morphological findings; it is considered the final complement of the clinical investigation. As such, the autopsy is not simply a corrective measure of misdiagnosis with statistical purposes, but a monitoring of diagnosis procedures and techniques and knowledge refining.
Conclusions: the systematic analysis of mistakes and successes is an inexhaustible source of possibilities to better treat every new patient.
DeCS:AUTOPSY/standards; CAUSE OF DEATH/trends; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS/prevention & control; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS/diagnosis; REVIEW. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e814ccf355444e4db778628b6ae0ce052022-12-21T23:48:01ZspaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de CamagüeyArchivo Médico de Camagüey1025-02552020-10-012457387472316The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicineAlberto José Piamo-MoralesDaisy Ferrer-MarreroDigna Chávez-JiménezIsnerio Arzuaga-AndersonLourdes Palma-MachadoBackground: the discrepancy indexes and the coincidence of the causes of death in clinical and morphological diagnosis are, in an indirect way, indicators of the quality of medical care. Objective: to describe the importance of the autopsy, as well as general aspects of the clinical-pathological correlation. Methods: a literature review in Spanish and English was carried out in PubMed, Hinari and SciELO databases from 2000 to 2019; 58 published documents were obtained, of which 27 were selected (10 original research articles, 12 reviews, 3 theses and 2 books). Results: autopsy allows the comparison of clinical and morphological findings; it is considered the final complement of the clinical investigation. As such, the autopsy is not simply a corrective measure of misdiagnosis with statistical purposes, but a monitoring of diagnosis procedures and techniques and knowledge refining. Conclusions: the systematic analysis of mistakes and successes is an inexhaustible source of possibilities to better treat every new patient. DeCS:AUTOPSY/standards; CAUSE OF DEATH/trends; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS/prevention & control; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS/diagnosis; REVIEW.http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6887autopsia, correlación clínico patológica, diagnóstico, causa de muerte, coincidencia. |
| spellingShingle | Alberto José Piamo-Morales Daisy Ferrer-Marrero Digna Chávez-Jiménez Isnerio Arzuaga-Anderson Lourdes Palma-Machado The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine Archivo Médico de Camagüey autopsia, correlación clínico patológica, diagnóstico, causa de muerte, coincidencia. |
| title | The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| title_full | The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| title_fullStr | The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| title_short | The autopsy and pathological clinical correlation: an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| title_sort | autopsy and pathological clinical correlation an exercise that strengthens medicine |
| topic | autopsia, correlación clínico patológica, diagnóstico, causa de muerte, coincidencia. |
| url | http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6887 |
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