Diagnostic errors related to acute abdominal pain in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 253-259

  Medford Davis, Laura ^a   Park, Elizabeth ^b   Shlamovitz, Gil ^c   Suliburk, James ^d   Meyer, Ashley N D ^d   Singh, Hardeep ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84962631834     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204754     Document Type: Article

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