Reducing diagnostic errors in musculoskeletal trauma by reviewing non-admission orthopaedic referrals in the next-day trauma meeting

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 692-695

  Sharma, Himanshu ^a,b   Bhagat, S ^a   Gaine, W J ^a  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; False negative rate; False positive rate; Orthopaedic referrals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMARTHROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT DISLOCATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBLUXATION; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 35348849145     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X205305     Document Type: Review

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