Diagnostic errors in pediatric echocardiography: Development of taxonomy and identification of risk factors

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2995-3001

  Benavidez, Oscar J ^a,b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,b   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a,b   Geva, Tal ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Diagnostic errors; Echocardiography; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46449112163     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.758532     Document Type: Article

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