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Injury

Volume 15, Issue 6, May 1984, Pages 403-406
Injury

Missed diagnoses in an Accident & Emergency Department

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Abstract

The diagnoses which were missed at patients' first attendance at an A & E Department over a 6-month period were noted and investigated. The most common cause of missed diagnosis was failure to interpret X-ray findings correctly; this and other causes are discussed. Recommendations as to how this can be improved are made.

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