| No treatment with normal nursing care is a safeguard against wrong diagnosis and against deliberate misdiagnosis for an evil purpose. |
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| Errors related to the misdiagnosis of fractures accounted for the third largest amount of dollars paid out to settle malpractice claims. |
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| Initially, patients are often treated with anticoagulants because of the misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism. |
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| Doctors may have a lower risk of making, and patients may have lower risk of receiving, a misdiagnosis of epilepsy. |
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| After years of misdiagnosis, doctors finally realize she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. |
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| There are similarities with Smith, who also suffered the misfortune of misdiagnosis. |
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| Prior to that there had been misdiagnosis of MS for anxiety and depression. |
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| Patients with non-epileptic seizures are often prescribed anticonvulsant drugs because of misdiagnosis of epilepsy, and many have been taking these drugs for some time. |
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| But many of the anecdotal tales of misdiagnosis and malpractice had little to do with seasonal pressures and resource shortages. |
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| I repeatedly had a baffling array of symptoms and was disappointed to receive either no diagnosis or even misdiagnosis and cocktails of harmful drugs. |
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| A misdiagnosis of schizophrenia in an adolescent could result in failure to initiate appropriate treatment for an affective illness at a critical life stage. |
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| The key concepts related to diagnostic adverse events include misdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, and comorbidity. |
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| Unlike depression, though, there is no clinical definition of stress, so there is little danger of misdiagnosis. |
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| Similarly, it was suggested that standardized assessment tools were needed to avoid misdiagnosis and improve risk assessment. |
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| With her family history of MS, doctors could diagnose her more swiftly than the years of misdiagnosis her mother endured. |
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| It is believed that family concerns include the standard of hospital care and claims of misdiagnosis. |
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| Any malfunctioning of these devices could lead to misdiagnosis, in some cases with serious consequences for the health and treatment of the patients or for other persons who could be infected by contagious diseases. |
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| Earlier studies on the recognition and correct identification of engine malfunctions by aircrews have shown that misdiagnosis of engine problems has been contributory to the outcome of many previous occurrences. |
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| Even when a thorough history is obtained, there are diagnostic limitations inherent in the field of mental health resulting in misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of mental illnesses and other co-existing health problems. |
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| This impairs the integrity of WTO rules and diminishes the perceived value of negotiating new trade pacts. To compound this misdiagnosis, The Economist proffers medicine that would do more harm than good. |
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| However, incidents such as medication adverse events, misdiagnosis, and slips and falls do occur during the course of medical care, placing patients at risk for injury and harm. |
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| This study looked at the misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment associated with acute aortic dissection, among other conditions related to the artery. |
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| Reactions to bites vary so much that it often leads to a misdiagnosis. |
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| The main cause of inappropriate shocks was misdiagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia, which occurred in 155 of the 204 patients. |
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| Nor is the serial misdiagnosis by Kingston hospital that wasted six desperately important months. |
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| Information on optimizing diagnosis and minimizing misdiagnosis, and appropriate management strategies if a case is diagnosed, need to be provided. |
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| Veterinary authorities need to make decisions on diagnostic evidence that balance the rapid control and eradication of disease against the potential impact of misdiagnosis. |
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| In some cases, misdiagnosis also affects the outcome of the physical condition and misses opportunities for early and less costly intervention with mental health issues. |
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| Chest pain is therefore the biggest single cost in hospital operations both in the U. S. and in Canada, and misdiagnosis is the biggest cost to malpractice insurers. |
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| The misdiagnosis is this: it is true that in certain fishing areas stocks of cod are in a perilous state, but this cannot simply be attributed to overfishing: there are also many other factors that come into play here. |
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| There have been reports of misdiagnosis, low motivation due to a narrow career progression, or of referral bottlenecks where clinical officers, unable to diagnose adequately, simply represent an additional level of referral. |
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| The misdiagnosis meant Ms A's treatment was delayed for 18 months while another patient with bladder cancer was not treated for nine months. |
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| To avoid misdiagnosis in immunohistochemical testing, it is advisable to use a broad panel of antibodies, including actins, desmin, vimentin, cytokeratins, and S-100 protein. |
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| Meanwhile, seven families were facing their worst fear last night as the HSE is to contact them in relation to cancer misdiagnosis in the north east. |
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| Misdiagnosis is common, especially if the contact took place while the patient was traveling overseas or if the patient has been poisoned by improperly refrigerated seafood. |
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