Student Work

Prevalence of Respiratory Pathology In a Cohort of 784 Adult Autopsies

Public

Downloadable Content

open in viewer

Respiratory pathologic findings are said to be common in autopsy populations, however their nature and true prevalence is not well documented. We reviewed the autopsy protocols of 1107 autopsies performed at UMass Medical Center (Worcester) over an eleven year period, ending April 2, 2007. The data documents an extraordinarily high prevalence of respiratory tract disease among a large cohort of adult patients coming to autopsy at a large tertiary university--based medical center. Among the various diagnostic groups, pneumonia with its attendant morbidity and potential for mortality represented the single largest group of respiratory diseases in this autopsy population.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
Creator
Publisher
Identifier
  • E-project-082107-181520
Advisor
Year
  • 2007
Sponsor
Date created
  • 2007-08-21
Location
  • Worcester
Resource type
Major
Rights statement

Relations

In Collection:

Items

Items

Permanent link to this page: https://digital.wpi.edu/show/gf06g4152