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Unintended and accidental medical radiation exposures in radiology: guidelines on investigation and prevention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper sets out guidelines for managing radiation exposure incidents involving patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology. The work is based on collation of experiences from representatives of international and national organizations for ...
Damilakis, John.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Strategies to reduce diagnostic errors: a systematic review

open access: yesBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2019
BackgroundTo evaluate the effectiveness of audit and communication strategies to reduce diagnostic errors made by clinicians.MethodsMEDLINE complete, CINHAL complete, EMBASE, PSNet and Google Advanced.
J. Abimanyi-Ochom   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mispronounced lexical items in polish English of advanced learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The present study is a report on an experiment in which 20 English Department students, all advanced learners of English, were recorded having been asked to read a list of diagnostic sentences containing 80 words known to be problematic for Poles in ...
Szpyra-Kozłowska, Jolanta
core   +2 more sources

Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment Choice in Riedel‘s Fibrosing Thyroiditis: Clinical Case Examples

open access: yesКреативная 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Nature, Causes, and Clinical Impact of Errors in the Clinical Laboratory Testing Process Leading to Diagnostic Error: A Voluntary Incident Report Analysis

open access: yesJournal of patient safety, 2023
Objectives Diagnostic errors, that is, missed, delayed, or wrong diagnoses, are a common type of medical errors and preventable iatrogenic harm. Errors in the laboratory testing process can lead to diagnostic errors.
Christel van Moll   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amelanotic melanoma presenting with plasmacytoid morphology and BRAF V600 mutation

open access: yesRare 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

False negative point‐of‐care urine pregnancy tests in an urban academic emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Results of the expert forum on the use of perampanel in adolescents with epilepsy in everyday clinical practice

open access: yesЭпилепсия 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
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic Medical Errors: Patient\u27s Perspectives on a Pervasive Problem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction. The Institute of Medicine defines diagnostic error as the failure to establish an accurate or timely explanation for the patient\u27s health problem(s), or effectively communicate the explanation to the patient. To our knowledge, no studies
Couperus, Cody J   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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