Diagnostic errors related to acute abdominal pain in the emergency department. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Diagnostic errors related to acute abdominal pain in the emergency department. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published October 2015

Diagnostic errors related to acute abdominal pain in the emergency department.

Medford-Davis L, Park E, Shlamovitz G, Suliburk J, Meyer AND, Singh H. Emerg Med J. 2015 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print].

This retrospective study included chart reviews of adult patients who presented to an emergency department with abdominal pain and were identified via an electronic trigger as high-risk for diagnostic error. Researchers determined that diagnostic errors occurred in 35 of 100 reviewed cases, with the majority involving a breakdown in history-taking, test ordering, or abnormal test result follow-up.

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