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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851459/psn-pdf
July 19, 2023 - Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use
disorder in veterans. … Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use
disorder in veterans. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-and-ethnic-bias-diagnosis-alcohol-use-disorder-veterans
Racial and … ethnic biases can affect diagnosis and negatively impact patient safety. … /issue/impact-skin-color-and-ethnicity-clinical-diagnosis-and-research
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-diagnosis-was-wrong-could-doctor-bias-have-been-factor
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/859342/psn-pdf
December 20, 2023 - Influence of comorbid depression and diagnostic workup
on diagnosis of physical illness: a randomized … Influence of comorbid depression and diagnostic workup on
diagnosis of physical illness: a randomized … Diagnosis. 2023;10(3):257-266. doi:10.1515/dx-
2020-0106. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-comorbid-depression-and-diagnostic-workup-diagnosis-physical- … physicians to diagnose a hypothetical patient; the cases
were identical except one patient had a prior diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47820/psn-pdf
May 11, 2019 - Missed diagnosis of new-onset systolic heart failure at
first presentation in children with no known … Missed diagnosis of new-onset systolic heart failure at first
presentation in children with no known … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnosis-new-onset-systolic-heart-failure-first-presentation-children … -
no-known-heart
In this retrospective study, researchers found that the diagnosis of systolic heart … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/society-improve-diagnosis-medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838630/psn-pdf
October 19, 2022 - Affective influences on clinical reasoning and diagnosis:
insights from social psychology and new research … Affective influences on clinical reasoning and diagnosis: insights from social
psychology and new research … Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(3):295-305. doi:10.1515/dx-2021-
0115. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/affective-influences-clinical-reasoning-and-diagnosis-insights-social- … This article
describes the role affect takes in clinical reasoning, including diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60943/psn-pdf
September 23, 2020 - Think twice: effects on diagnostic accuracy of returning
to the case to reflect upon the initial diagnosis … Think twice: effects on diagnostic accuracy of returning to the
case to reflect upon the initial diagnosis … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/think-twice-effects-diagnostic-accuracy-returning-case-reflect-upon-initial-
diagnosis … and
the final diagnosis reached after reflection, regardless of the type of reflection used. … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/think-twice-effects-diagnostic-accuracy-returning-case-reflect-upon-initial-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48070/psn-pdf
July 17, 2019 - Controversies in diagnosis: contemporary debates in the
diagnostic safety literature. … Controversies in diagnosis: contemporary debates in the
diagnostic safety literature. … Diagnosis (Berl). 2020;7(1):3-9. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0016. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/controversies-diagnosis-contemporary-debates-diagnostic-safety-literature … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/controversies-diagnosis-contemporary-debates-diagnostic-safety-literature
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33796/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - He founded the Society to Improve Diagnosis in
Medicine and the journal, Diagnosis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/society-improve-diagnosis-medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnosis … but in this case, apply that to diagnosis. … Secret shopper studies show that 10% to 15% of the diagnoses rendered in classic
presentations are incorrect … interprofessional
training because so many other members of the professional team are involved in making diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.45_slideshow.ppt
January 01, 2004 - and mortality in many diagnoses
Acute coronary syndrome
Pulmonary embolism
Aortic dissection
. … Diagnosis of ED patients with chest pain
ED Diagnosis %
Acute coronary syndromes 24.4
Neuro-radicular … Sheet4
ED Diagnosis %
Aortic dissection 0.3%
No clear diagnosis 5.9%
Cardiac arrhythmia 6.0%
Vasovagal … Diagnosis of ED patients with chest pain
ED Diagnosis %
Acute coronary syndromes 24.4
Neuro-radicular … Diagnosis of ED patients with chest pain
ED Diagnosis %
Acute coronary syndromes 24.4
Neuro-radicular
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853066/psn-pdf
August 30, 2023 - Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency
transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit. … Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency transfers to the
pediatric intensive care unit. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opportunities-improve-diagnosis-emergency-transfers-pediatric-intensive-care … -
unit
Improving diagnosis in pediatrics is an ongoing patient safety focus. … emergency transfer cases and examined the relationship between missed opportunity for
improvement in diagnosis
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August 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case August 2006
Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Initial physical exam was recorded as follows:
Case: Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Case (cont.): Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Case (cont.): Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … competence for board certification
Proficiency in physical examination skills may lead to fewer missed diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/worst-headache
July 01, 2016 - As with most diagnoses in medicine, there is a bell-shaped curve of presentations, and well-appearing … Therefore, one should be very cautious of making these diagnoses in patients presenting with their first … pressure is found in roughly two thirds of patients with SAH and will occasionally suggest the alternative diagnoses … Incorrect Diagnoses Assigned to Patients with SAH No diagnosis made, or headache of unknown etiology … Missed serious neurologic conditions in emergency department patients discharged with nonspecific diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49735/psn-pdf
June 01, 2015 - Approximately 27,000 hospital admissions per year in the United States
are due to missed or delayed diagnoses … Premature closure is the failure to consider alternative diagnoses after the initial impression is formed … Fourth, clinicians tend to stick with initial impressions as the number of new possible alternative diagnoses … disease.(14) In a different study, medical
residents made 25% more errors in electrocardiographic diagnoses … Manual or automated decision
support could help clinicians avoid pitfalls in diagnoses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60208/psn-pdf
April 08, 2020 - Factors associated with potentially missed diagnosis of
appendicitis in the emergency department. … Factors associated with potentially missed diagnosis of appendicitis in
the emergency department. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-associated-potentially-missed-diagnosis-appendicitis-emergency- … Patients presenting with abdominal pain and constipation were more likely to have a missed
diagnosis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-associated-potentially-missed-diagnosis-appendicitis-emergency-department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73289/psn-pdf
May 19, 2021 - Clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of acute
kidney injury missed diagnosis in older patients … Clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury missed
diagnosis in older patients … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-characteristics-and-short-term-outcomes-acute-kidney-injury-missed-
diagnosis-older … Missed and delayed diagnosis are a known cause of preventable adverse events. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50927/psn-pdf
February 21, 2020 - primary care clinicians include health promotion and disease prevention, care for
acute conditions, diagnosis … This can jeopardize or delay the development of an
accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. … Diagnostic Errors and Delays
Diagnostics errors, particularly missed or delayed diagnoses, are a common … Stronger relationships between patients and clinicians can reduce over diagnosis and
overtreatment and … may also support reducing missed diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-tb
March 03, 2010 - occurrence of TB as a cause of respiratory failure, along with the dire consequences of delayed or missed diagnoses … clinicians failed to consider TB until hospital day 21, but that they did not consider any alternative diagnoses … Delay in diagnosis among hospitalized patients with active tuberculosis-predictors and outcomes. … Comparison of sputum induction with fiber-optic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. … Induced sputum and bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49442/psn-pdf
May 01, 2004 - The difficulty of making an early diagnosis of TB is further compounded by the increasingly
frequent … occurrence of TB as a cause of respiratory
failure, along with the dire consequences of delayed or missed diagnoses … clinicians failed to consider TB until hospital
day 21, but that they did not consider any alternative diagnoses … Comparison of sputum induction with fiber-optic bronchoscopy in the
diagnosis of tuberculosis. … Induced sputum and
bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47372/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - Incorrect or delayed diagnoses can subject patients to unnecessary testing and delays in care that lead … A past WebM&M commentary highlighted an incident involving a
delay in cancer diagnosis. … frequency-diagnostic-errors-outpatient-care-estimations-three-large-observational-studies
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
https … medical-office-survey-patient-safety-culture
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/costly-colonoscopy-leads-delay-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.329_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2014 - of necrotizing fasciitis
List steps which can be taken to avoid errors in the diagnosis of necrotizing … is often missed or delayed
Delay in diagnosis can have devastating consequences, as with this patient … Early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. … Early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. … lymphatics, seen as streaking along skin) is rarely seen in NF
Use of clinical pathways may also help aid in diagnoses
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December 01, 2009 - pain to the triage nurse—understanding that this may prioritize care given the many life-threatening diagnoses … or "Have I considered an alternative diagnosis?" … issue) and downstream to analyze and apply the results or prompts (e.g., stop to consider alternative diagnoses … or decide which newly suggested diagnoses are worth excluding). … Diagnosis is a complicated and error-prone process.