Erschienen in:
01.03.2006 | Review Article
Diagnostic errors in polytrauma: a structured review of the recent literature
verfasst von:
Luana Stanescu, Lee B. Talner, Frederick A. Mann
Erschienen in:
Emergency Radiology
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Ausgabe 3/2006
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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.