Diagnostic Errors
Risk management in action. Read about malpractice claims and case studies alleging diagnostic errors.
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Read ArticleFailure to properly interpret CT scan
A 31-year-old woman came to a stand-alone emergency center reporting excruciating shoulder and neck pain.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose arterial thrombosis
A 60-year-old man came to the ED with severe right foot pain.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat knee infection
A 67-year-old man came to Orthopedic Surgeon A for right knee pain and stiffness.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose fracture
An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat complications
A 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department after sustaining a leg injury while playing soccer. X-rays revealed a right bimalleolar ankle fracture dislocation.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose cornual pregnancy
A 33-year-old woman came to the ED reporting bilateral abdominal pain, back pain, and shortness of breath.
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Read ArticleDiagnostic Errors
Case study and current research on the prevalence of diagnostic errors, common causes, and ways to prevent these types of errors.
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Read ArticleDelay in the diagnosis of lung cancer
A 62-year old man came to the ED with symptoms of a stroke.
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosing breast cancer
A 77-year-old woman came to her family physician reporting a lump in her right breast.
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Read ArticleFailure to confirm diagnosis of polycythemia vera
A 40-year-old man came to an internal medicine physician and reported feeling weak and tired.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat
A 35-year-old man came by ambulance to the ED reporting headache and dizziness.
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosing colon cancer
The patient claimed that the physician told him that the rectal bleeding was due to his diverticulosis and was not life threatening.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose retained sponge
A 55-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in New Mexico for a colostomy reversal.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat infection
A 72-year-old woman with a history of diabetes came to the ED due to pain in her left eye.
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Read ArticleFailure to report misplaced central line
A 64-year-old woman came to the ED. She had undergone back surgery five days earlier.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose a foreign body and to follow up
An eight-year-old girl was brought to the ED with a groin injury from a bicycle accident.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose anemia
A 17-month-old girl was brought her pediatrician to complete vaccinations, a visit documented as “vaccines only.”
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Failure to diagnose postpartum stroke
The first documented assessment of the patient in the ED revealed a temperature of 97.9 degrees; pulse 53; respirations 20; blood pressure 147/77 mm Hg; oxygen saturation 97%.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat fungal infection
The patient sought treatment from a dermatologist for a scaly plaque on his scalp
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