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01-03-2006 | Review Article

Diagnostic errors in polytrauma: a structured review of the recent literature

Authors: Luana Stanescu, Lee B. Talner, Frederick A. Mann

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 3/2006

Abstract

Clinically important diagnostic errors are relatively common among polytrauma patients (2–40%). Errors are not random; they are more frequent in the spine and periarticular appendicular skeleton, especially in hemodynamically unstable patients who require resuscitation or operative intervention before completion of secondary or tertiary clinical survey. Misleading history, distracting findings, and misjudgments all contribute to risks of diagnostic errors.

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Title: Diagnostic errors in polytrauma: a structured review of the recent literature
Authors: Luana Stanescu
Lee B. Talner
Frederick A. Mann
Publication date: 01-03-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 3/2006
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-005-0436-x

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