Diagnostic Errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Case Series

Diagnostic errors remain understudied in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The few available studies are primarily autopsy-based, and do not evaluate diagnostic errors that did not result in the patient's death. This case series presents 10 examples of nonlethal diagnostic errors in the NI...

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Main Authors: Grant J. Shafer, Gautham Suresh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2018-10-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1676619