[The Mortality Committee: a hospital need]. / El Comité de Mortalidad: una necesidad hospitalaria.
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
; 49(10): 683-8, 1992 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-1449628
Mortality Committees are multidisciplinary teams whose function is to analyze preventable causes of death in order to decrease the death rate, to contribute to the education of medical and paramedical staff and also to advise the hospital authorities in medical and administrative decision-making. In this paper we discuss the activities of the Mortality Committee of the Hospital de Pediatria from May 1989 to May 1991. The review comprised 202 death cases occurred during this period, and was carried out by the medical personnel involved in attending those cases while alive. In 42.5% of these cases the review was supplemented by the necropsy results. Patients' personal data, referral source, status on admission, principal disease, direct cause of death, adequacy of laboratory test and other studies, clinical/pathological correlation and suggestions to improve medical care are discussed. We suggest for every hospital the convenience of having this committee in order to improve the quality of medical care.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Comité de Profesionales
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Causas de Muerte
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Mortalidad Hospitalaria
/
Hospitales
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
México