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Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studiesBradford Winters, Jason Custer, Samuel M Galvagno Jr, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Shruti G Kapoor, HeeWon Lee, Victoria Goode, Karen Robinson, Atul Nakhasi, Peter Pronovost, David Newman-Toker BMJ Quality and Safety, 2012, Published online ahead of print This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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This complicated study attempts to identify the rate of missed diagnoses in ICU patients based on autopsy reports. This type of study is plagued by bias, with autopsies increasingly reserved for those in whom there is diagnostic uncertainty anyway. Nonetheless, there is a...