Abstract
New section: Diagnostic errors in medicine
Highlights
Whereas diagnostic errors may sometimes occur in extremely rare diseases or unusual presentations of common disorders, in many cases it is a relatively common disease that is mislabeled or missed entirely.[2]
Focusing on US hospital mortality rates, it has been estimated that about 40,000–80,000 deaths annually might be caused by diagnostic errors,[5] and numbers on injured patients must be substantially higher as emphasized by Graber et al.[6]
While typically associated with the emergency department (ED), diagnostic errors are common in primary care
Summary
Whereas diagnostic errors may sometimes occur in extremely rare diseases (as Langerhans cell histiocytosis) or unusual presentations of common disorders, in many cases it is a relatively common disease that is mislabeled or missed entirely.[2].
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