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The COVID trap: pediatric diagnostic errors in a pandemic world.

Fatemi Y, Coffin S. The COVID trap: pediatric diagnostic errors in a pandemic world. Diagnosis (Berl). Epub 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0150.

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August 25, 2021
Fatemi Y, Coffin SE. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(4):525-531.
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Using case studies, this commentary describes how availability bias, diagnostic momentum, and premature closure resulted in delayed diagnosis for three pediatric patients first diagnosed with COVID-19. The authors highlight cognitive and systems factors that influenced this diagnostic error.

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Fatemi Y, Coffin S. The COVID trap: pediatric diagnostic errors in a pandemic world. Diagnosis (Berl). Epub 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0150.

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