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Medical errors in primary care clinics – a cross sectional study

BMC Family Practice, 2012
Background Patient safety is vital in patient care. There is a lack of studies on medical errors in primary care settings. The aim of the study is to determine the extent of diagnostic inaccuracies and management errors in public funded primary care ...
Khoo Ee Ming, Lee Wai Khew, Sararaks Sondi, Abdul Samad Azah, Liew Su May, Cheong Ai Theng, Ibrahim Mohd Yusof, Su Sebrina HC, Mohd Hanafiah Ainul Nadziha, Maskon Kalsom, Ismail Rohana, Hamid Maimunah A   +11 more
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Exploring why European primary care physicians sometimes do not think of, or act on, a possible cancer diagnosis. A qualitative study

BJGP Open, 2023
Background: While primary care physicians (PCPs) play a key role in cancer detection, they can find cancer diagnosis challenging, and some patients have considerable delays between presentation and onward referral.
Senada Hajdarevic, Cecilia Högberg, Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Vija Siliņa, Jolanta Sawicka-Powierza, Magadalena Esteva, Tuomas Koskela, Davorina Petek, Sara Contreras-Martos, Marcello Mangione, Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, Radost Asenova, Svjetlana Gašparović Babić, Mette Brekke, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Nicola Buono, Saliha Serap Çifçili, Geert-Jan Dinant, Babette Doorn, Robert D Hoffman, George Kuodza, Peter Murchie, Liina Pilv, Aida Puia, Aurimas Rapalavicius, Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Birgitta Weltermann, Michael Harris   +27 more
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Benign paroxysmal torticollis in infancy – diagnostic error possibility [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Background/Aim. Benign paroxysmal torticollis (BPT) is a rare paroxysmal dyskinesia characterized by attacks of head tilt alone or tilt accompanied by vomiting and ataxia, which may last hours to days.
Zlatanović Dragan, Dimitrijević Lidija, Stanković Anita, Balov Biljana   +3 more
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Diagnostic Errors in Interactive Telepathology

Analytical Cellular Pathology, 2000
Telepathology (TP) as a service in pathology at a distance is now widely used. It is integrated in the daily workflow of numerous pathologists. Meanwhile, in Germany 15 departments of pathology are using the telepathology technique for frozen section ...
G. Stauch, K. W. Schweppe, K. Kayser
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Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment Choice in Riedel‘s Fibrosing Thyroiditis: Clinical Case Examples

Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2022
Background. Clinically distinct Riedel’s fibrosing thyroiditis is extremely rare, accounting for only 0.05 % of histologically verified thyroiditis cases, as follows from the real clinical practice and literature. Classic Riedel’s thyroiditis is typified
M. G. Davydovich, R. V. Ipaeva, K. P. Derevyanko   +2 more
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Multimorbidity and patient-reported diagnostic errors in the primary care setting: multicentre cross-sectional study in Japan

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives There is lack of evidence for the association between multimorbidity and diagnostic errors. Information on diagnostic errors from patients’ perspectives is crucial to improve the diagnostic process.
Takuya Aoki, Satoshi Watanuki
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Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro, Sarah Silver, Prishi Patel, Meredith K. Reffner Collins, Kimberly S. Canter, Stephanie Fooks‐Parker, Michael Amylon, Shawna V. Hudson, Jessica L. Schleider, Melissa A. Alderfer, Katie A. Devine   +10 more
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Amelanotic melanoma presenting with plasmacytoid morphology and BRAF V600 mutation

Rare Tumors, 2015
Plasmacytoid melanoma is an unusual variant of malignant melanoma. The plasmacytoid morphology can be found in a variety of other malignancies including carcinomas, plasma cell neoplasms, lymphoproliferative disorders, and sarcomas.
Linda Kocovski, Anita Bane, Shangguo Tang, Samih Salama, Salem Alowami   +4 more
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False negative point‐of‐care urine pregnancy tests in an urban academic emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Study objective To determine the prevalence of false negative point‐of‐care (POC) urine pregnancy tests among emergency department (ED) patients and among those with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding.
Sarah Kleinschmidt, Julianne N. Dugas, Kerrie P Nelson, James A Feldman   +3 more
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Results of the expert forum on the use of perampanel in adolescents with epilepsy in everyday clinical practice

Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2021
In June 2020, an online forum of experts on the use of perampanel in adolescents with epilepsy in everyday clinical practice was held. The main goal was to discuss the features of juvenile epilepsy, its diagnosis, the possibilities of using perampanel in
article Editorial
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