Missed ischemic stroke diagnosis in the emergency department by emergency medicine and neurology services.

Allison E. Arch; David C. Weisman; Steven Coca; Karin Nystrom V; Charles R. Wira; Joseph L. Schindler

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Missed ischemic stroke diagnosis in the emergency department by emergency medicine and neurology services.

April 20, 2016

Arch AE, Weisman DC, Coca S, et al. Stroke. 2016;47(3):668-73.

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This retrospective chart review study found that nearly a quarter of ischemic strokes were initially misdiagnosed in the emergency departments of an academic teaching hospital and a large community hospital. Posterior strokes with atypical symptoms were most frequently missed. Diagnostic errors are an important topic for emerging patient safety research.

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