In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report

Overutilization of diagnostic imaging can lead to unnecessary interventions and subsequently can jeopardize patient safety. When ordered, the results of these images should always be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context taking into consideration the patient clinical presentation and the n...

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Autores principales: Dhaliwal, Karamjit, Malkhasyan, Victoria, Elhassan, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29441163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1424486
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description Overutilization of diagnostic imaging can lead to unnecessary interventions and subsequently can jeopardize patient safety. When ordered, the results of these images should always be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context taking into consideration the patient clinical presentation and the natural history of the diseases which are being investigated. We presented a case that demonstrates for the practicing physicians how violating these two notions can lead ultimately to patient harm.
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spelling pubmed-58046812018-02-13 In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report Dhaliwal, Karamjit Malkhasyan, Victoria Elhassan, Mohammed J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Overutilization of diagnostic imaging can lead to unnecessary interventions and subsequently can jeopardize patient safety. When ordered, the results of these images should always be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context taking into consideration the patient clinical presentation and the natural history of the diseases which are being investigated. We presented a case that demonstrates for the practicing physicians how violating these two notions can lead ultimately to patient harm. Taylor & Francis 2018-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5804681/ /pubmed/29441163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1424486 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report
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title_full In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report
title_fullStr In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report
title_full_unstemmed In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report
title_short In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804681/
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