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Meaningful Categorisation of Novice Programmer Errors [PDF]

, 2014
The frequency of different kinds of error made by students learning to write computer programs has long been of interest to researchers and educators. In the past, various studies investigated this topic, usually by recording and analysing compiler error
Kölling, Michael, McCall, Davin
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Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Adverse effects of medical errors have received increasing attention. Diagnostic errors account for a substantial fraction of all medical errors, and strategies for their prevention have been explored. A crucial requirement for that is better
Mamede, S. (Silvia), Rikers, R.M.J.P. (Remy), Schmidt, H.G. (Henk)   +2 more
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Medical Errors in Emergency Department; a Letter to Editor

Emergency, 2018
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States of America and almost 100000 patients lose their life due to medical errors every year.
Payman Asadi, Ehsan Modirian, Nazanin Dadashpour   +2 more
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Diagnostic error increases mortality and length of hospital stay in patients presenting through the emergency room [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Diagnostic errors occur frequently, especially in the emergency room. Estimates about the consequences of diagnostic error vary widely and little is known about the factors predicting error.
Birrenbach, T., Exadaktylos, A., Hautz, S., Hautz, W., Kämmer, J., Maier, V., Müller, M., Sauter, T., Schauber, S., Zwaan, L.   +9 more
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Peer Review of Teleradiology at a Teleradiology Clinic: Comparison of Unacceptable Diagnosis and Clinically Significant Discrepancy between Radiology Sections and Imaging Modalities

대한영상의학회지, 2021
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rates of unacceptable diagnosis and clinically significant diagnostic discrepancy in radiology sections and imaging modalities through a peer review of teleradiology.
Hyung Suk Seo, Jai Soung Park, Yu-Whan Oh, Dongwook Sung, A Leum Lee   +4 more
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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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Ebola US Patient Zero: lessons on misdiagnosis and effective use of electronic health records. [PDF]

, 2014
On September 30th, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first travel-associated case of US Ebola in Dallas, TX. This case exposed two of the greatest concerns in patient safety in the US outpatient health care system ...
Singh, Hardeep, Sittig, Dean, Upadhyay, Divvy   +2 more
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Stellar Chemical Abundances: In Pursuit of the Highest Achievable Precision [PDF]

, 2014
The achievable level of precision on photospheric abundances of stars is a major limiting factor on investigations of exoplanet host star characteristics, the chemical histories of star clusters, and the evolution of the Milky Way and other galaxies ...
Asplund, M., Bean, J., Bedell, M., Leite, P., Melendez, J., Ramirez, I.   +5 more
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