Virtual Autopsy in the Intensive Care Unit

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Letters5 June 2012Virtual Autopsy in the Intensive Care UnitCarl M. Kirsch, MDCarl M. Kirsch, MDFrom Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-156-11-201206050-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The concept of a virtual autopsy as presented by Wichmann and colleagues (1) is interesting, but there are some “abnormalities” of minor clinical significance that may be detected. Figure 3 in the article is said to show a right subclavian venous catheter inadvertently placed into the neck. The image shows that the course of the right-sided catheter is totally above the clavicle, thus suggesting that it actually is a right-sided internal jugular venous catheter. That the distal tip of the catheter was placed into the cervical portion of the internal jugular vein is not surprising or particularly ...Reference1. Wichmann D, Obbelode F, Vogel H, Hoepker WW, Nierhaus A, Braune S, et al. Virtual autopsy as an alternative to traditional medical autopsy in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:123-30. [PMID: 22250143] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoVirtual Autopsy as an Alternative to Traditional Medical Autopsy in the Intensive Care Unit Dominic Wichmann , Frieder Obbelode , Hermann Vogel , Wilhelm Wolfgang Hoepker , Axel Nierhaus , Stephan Braune , Guido Sauter , Klaus Pueschel , and Stefan Kluge Virtual Autopsy in the Intensive Care Unit Dominic Wichmann and Stefan Kluge Metrics 5 June 2012Volume 156, Issue 11Page: 838-839KeywordsAutopsyComputed axial tomographyConflicts of interestIntensive care unitsJugular veinUltrasound imaging ePublished: 5 June 2012 Issue Published: 5 June 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...