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- Title
Diagnostic errors in uncommon conditions: a systematic review of case reports of diagnostic errors.
- Authors
Harada, Yukinori; Watari, Takashi; Nagano, Hiroyuki; Suzuki, Tomoharu; Kunitomo, Kotaro; Miyagami, Taiju; Aita, Tetsuro; Ishizuka, Kosuke; Maebashi, Mika; Harada, Taku; Sakamoto, Tetsu; Tomiyama, Shusaku; Shimizu, Taro
- Abstract
To assess the usefulness of case reports as sources for research on diagnostic errors in uncommon diseases and atypical presentations. We reviewed 563 case reports of diagnostic error. The commonality of the final diagnoses was classified based on the description in the articles, Orphanet, or epidemiological data on available references; the typicality of presentation was classified based on the description in the articles and the judgment of the physician researchers. Diagnosis Error Evaluation and Research (DEER), Reliable Diagnosis Challenges (RDC), and Generic Diagnostic Pitfalls (GDP) taxonomies were used to assess the factors contributing to diagnostic errors. Excluding three cases in that commonality could not be classified, 560 cases were classified into four categories: typical presentations of common diseases (60, 10.7 %), atypical presentations of common diseases (35, 6.2 %), typical presentations of uncommon diseases (276, 49.3 %), and atypical presentations of uncommon diseases (189, 33.8 %). The most important DEER taxonomy was "Failure/delay in considering the diagnosis" among the four categories, whereas the most important RDC and GDP taxonomies varied with the categories. Case reports can be a useful data source for research on the diagnostic errors of uncommon diseases with or without atypical presentations.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSTIC errors; RARE diseases; DELAYED diagnosis; SYMPTOMS; RESEARCH personnel
- Publication
Diagnosis (2194-802X), 2023, Vol 10, Issue 4, p329
- ISSN
2194-802X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/dx-2023-0030