Prevalence and characteristics of diagnostic error in pediatric critical care: a multicenter study.

Christina L Cifra; Jason W Custer; Craig M Smith; Kristen A Smith; Dayanand N Bagdure; Jodi Bloxham; Emily Goldhar; Stephen M Gorga; Elizabeth M Hoppe; Christina D Miller; Max Pizzo; Sonali Ramesh; Joseph Riffe; Katharine Robb; Shari L Simone; Haley D Stoll; Jamie Ann Tumulty; Stephanie E Wall; Katie K Wolfe; Linder Wendt; Patrick Ten Eyck; Christopher P Landrigan; Jeffrey D Dawson; Heather Schacht Reisinger; Hardeep Singh; Loreen A Herwaldt

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Prevalence and characteristics of diagnostic error in pediatric critical care: a multicenter study.

June 14, 2023

Cifra CL, Custer JW, Smith CM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2023;51(11):1492-1501.

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Diagnostic errors remain a major healthcare concern. This study was a retrospective record review of 882 pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients to identify diagnostic errors using the Revised Safer Dx tool. Diagnostic errors were found in 13 (1.5%) patients, most commonly associated with atypical presentation and diagnostic uncertainty at admission.

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