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CompletedNCT01040520

Value of CT-based Autopsy Compared With Conventional Autopsy in ICU Patients

Computertomography-based Autopsy (Virtopsy) Versus Conventional Autopsy in Patients Dying in Intensive Care Units

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
284 (actual)
Sponsor
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to compare findings generated by CT-based autopsy (Virtopsy) with conventional autopsy and clinical diagnoses. Therefore all patients dying while receiving treatment in the Department of Intensive Care Medicine will be undergo virtopsy and, if relatives give informed consent conventional autopsy.

Detailed description

The aim of the study is to compare findings generated by computertomography-based autopsy (Virtopsy) with conventional autopsy and clinical diagnoses. Therefore all patients dying while receiving treatment in the Department of Intensive Care Medicine will be undergo virtopsy and, if relatives give informed consent conventional autopsy.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2010-01-01
Primary completion
2010-07-01
Completion
2010-07-01
First posted
2009-12-29
Last updated
2015-05-29

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01040520. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.