Virtual autopsy as an alternative to traditional medical autopsy in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Dominic Wichmann; Frieder Obbelode; Hermann Vogel; Wilhelm Wolfgang Hoepker; Axel Nierhaus; Stephan Braune; Guido Sauter; Klaus Püschel; Stefan Kluge

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-156-2-201201170-00008

Virtual autopsy as an alternative to traditional medical autopsy in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Dominic Wichmann
Frieder Obbelode
Hermann Vogel
Wilhelm Wolfgang Hoepker
Axel Nierhaus
Stephan Braune
Guido Sauter
Klaus Püschel
Stefan Kluge

Related Research units

Department of Intensive Care
Department of Legal Medicine
Institute of Pathology

Abstract

Autopsy is an important educational and quality-control tool in the intensive care unit (ICU), but rates of traditional medical autopsies have declined worldwide. "Virtual" autopsy involving only advanced radiographic techniques might provide an alternative approach to postmortem examinations.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	2
ISSN	0003-4819
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-156-2-201201170-00008
Publication status	Published - 17.01.2012