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Avoiding Misdiagnosis in Patients with Neurological Emergencies

Approximately 5% of patients presenting to emergency departments have neurological symptoms. The most common symptoms or diagnoses include headache, dizziness, back pain, weakness, and seizure disorder. Little is known about the actual misdiagnosis of these patients, which can have disastrous conseq...

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Autores principales: Pope, Jennifer V., Edlow, Jonathan A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22888439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/949275
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description Approximately 5% of patients presenting to emergency departments have neurological symptoms. The most common symptoms or diagnoses include headache, dizziness, back pain, weakness, and seizure disorder. Little is known about the actual misdiagnosis of these patients, which can have disastrous consequences for both the patients and the physicians. This paper reviews the existing literature about the misdiagnosis of neurological emergencies and analyzes the reason behind the misdiagnosis by specific presenting complaint. Our goal is to help emergency physicians and other providers reduce diagnostic error, understand how these errors are made, and improve patient care.
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spelling pubmed-34103082012-08-10 Avoiding Misdiagnosis in Patients with Neurological Emergencies Pope, Jennifer V. Edlow, Jonathan A. Emerg Med Int Review Article Approximately 5% of patients presenting to emergency departments have neurological symptoms. The most common symptoms or diagnoses include headache, dizziness, back pain, weakness, and seizure disorder. Little is known about the actual misdiagnosis of these patients, which can have disastrous consequences for both the patients and the physicians. This paper reviews the existing literature about the misdiagnosis of neurological emergencies and analyzes the reason behind the misdiagnosis by specific presenting complaint. Our goal is to help emergency physicians and other providers reduce diagnostic error, understand how these errors are made, and improve patient care. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3410308/ /pubmed/22888439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/949275 Text en Copyright © 2012 J. V. Pope and J. A. Edlow. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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