Daños graves relacionados errores diagnósticos en reclamos por mala praxis: los «tres grandes»-eventos vasculares, infecciones y cánceres

Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the «Big Three»—vascular events, infections, and cancers

Diagnostic errors are widely acknowledged as a common patient safety problem, but difficulty in measuring these errors has made it challenging to quantify their impact. This study utilized a large national database of closed malpractice claims to estimate the frequency and severity of diagnostic errors. Researchers also sought to determine the types of diagnoses most vulnerable to misdiagnosis.

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