COVID Blindness: Delayed Diagnosis of Aseptic Meningitis in the COVID-19 Era
Diagnostic errors are a serious problem in healthcare. The diagnostic process is highly susceptible to cognitive bias and the current COVID-19 pandemic may cause normally accurate healthcare workers to make incorrect decisions. We report a case of aseptic meningitis that required five healthcare vis...
Main Authors: | Taku Harada, Takashi Watari, Taiju Miyagami, Satoshi Watanuki, Taro Shimizu, Juichi Hiroshige |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2020-10-01
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Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1940 |
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