Virtual Autopsy for Quality Control on Intensive Care Medicine

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Status: Completed

Conditions: Value of Virtual Autopsy for Quality Control in Icu

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01541982

VA-2 Quality Control

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to compare CT-based virtual autopsy with classic autopsy as a tool for quality control in intensive care medicine.

Full description

The study aimed to compare CT-based virtual autopsy with classic autopsy as a tool for quality control in intensive care medicine. Especially with respect to complications during intervention like catheter pacement.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age >18
• all patients dying in the icu during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• relatives refuse participation in the study

Trial design

160 participants in 2 patient groups

virtual and classic autopsy

Description:

"Goldstandard": A group of patients in which virtual and classic autopsy is performed.

virtual autopsy only

Description:

"Intervention": A group of patients in which for various reasons virtual autopsy only is performed.