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Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 15-16/2016

01.11.2016 | original article

Description of in-hospital deaths in Vienna during 1850–2000

verfasst von: Dr. Doris Höflmayer, Eduard Winter, Dr. Thomas Wasserscheid, Dr. Katalin Vig-Kuna, Univ.-Prof. DDr. Walter Feigl

Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 15-16/2016

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Summary

The aim of this study was to compare in-hospital deaths in different hospital settings between 1850 and 2000 in Vienna. We reviewed 120 autopsy records for each of the selected years from the Clinical Institute of Pathology of the Medical University Vienna and two community hospitals. In 2000 the autopsy rate was 37.5 % at the community hospitals and 52.5 % at the university hospital. The mean age of those being dissected was significantly lower compared with those not being dissected in the community hospital. Infections were the leading cause of death during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, after 1950 the rate of cardiovascular diseases and cancer increased. In the year 2000 the majority of patients with an underlying malignant disease died because of cardiovascular disease. Causes of death vary between institutions. They should be reported as accurately as possible in order to create a cogent basis for central mortality statistics.
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Metadaten
Titel
Description of in-hospital deaths in Vienna during 1850–2000
verfasst von
Dr. Doris Höflmayer
Eduard Winter
Dr. Thomas Wasserscheid
Dr. Katalin Vig-Kuna
Univ.-Prof. DDr. Walter Feigl
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2016
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 15-16/2016
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-016-0463-0

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