Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Gordon, Jennifer R S ^a   Wahls, Terry ^a   Carlos, Ruth C ^b   Pipinos, Iraklis I ^c   Rosenthal, Gary E ^d   Cram, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650070782     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-1-200907070-00005     Document Type: Article

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