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- Title
Missed Diagnoses and Over-Reliance on Imaging.
- Authors
SHAPIRO, JARROD
- Abstract
The article discusses different clinical cases of misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment, and lack of expertise and clinical acumen. Topics covered include the case of a nurse who consulted a vascular surgeon for treatment on the pain in her big toe joint, the case of a diabetic patient with dorsal second toe neuropathic ulcer, and the case of a diabetic man who experienced multiple wrong opinions on his second digit mallet toe.
- Subjects
AMPUTATION; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSTIC errors; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; JUDGMENT (Psychology); INGROWN nails; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICIANS; PODIATRY; DECISION making in clinical medicine
- Publication
Podiatry Management, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 6, p35
- ISSN
0744-3528
- Publication type
Article