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COMMENTARY

Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Pregnant with Danger.

Pearlman MD, Desmond JS. WebM&M [serial online]. May 2005.

COMMENTARY

Autopsy Revelation.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

STUDY

Medical error identification, disclosure, and reporting: do emergency medicine provider groups differ?

Hobgood C, Weiner B, Tamayo-Sarver JH. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13:443-451.

COMMENTARY

Missed Appendicitis.

Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

STUDY

Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.

Lin YK, Lin CJ, Chan HM, et al. Injury. 2012 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.

Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:196-205.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fallible medicine: responding to errors in emergency care.

Whitehead S. Emergency Medical Services. July 2007.

COMMENTARY

The Worst Headache.

Edlow JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

STUDY

The effect of clinical history on accuracy of electrocardiograph interpretation among doctors working in emergency departments.

Cruz MF, Edwards J, Dinh DM, Barnes EH. Med J Aust. 2012;197:161-165.

COMMENTARY

Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity.

Graber M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

Assessing diagnostic reasoning: a consensus statement summarizing theory, practice, and future needs.

Ilgen JS, Humbert AJ, Kuhn G, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2012;19:1454-1461.

COMMENTARY

X-ray Flip.

Shapiro MJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Aging gracefully? Patient safety advocates call for ongoing skills assessments for older physicians.

McKenna M. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;58:A15-A17.

STUDY

Role of clinical context in residents' physical examination diagnostic accuracy.

Sibbald M, Panisko D, Cavalcanti RB. Med Educ. 2011;45:415-421.

STUDY

Misleading one detail: a preventable mode of diagnostic error?

Arzy S, Brezis M, Khoury S, Simon SR, Ben-Hur T. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15:804-806.

STUDY

Effect of availability bias and reflective reasoning on diagnostic accuracy among internal medicine residents.

Mamede S, van Gog T, van den Berge K, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1198-1203.

COMMENTARY

One ACE Too Many

Juurlink DN. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2006.

COMMENTARY

Getting to the Root of the Matter

Flanders SA, Saint S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2005.

STUDY

Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma.

Haut ER, Lau BD, Kraenzlin FS, et al. Arch Surg. 2012;147:901-907.

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