Diagnostic errors in orthopaedics-Document the pick-up rate of the wrong diagnosis by reviewing x-rays and casualty notes the next day
Diagnostic errors in orthopaedics are usually caused by missing a fracture or misreading radiographs.
What does evidence say…
Current deficiencies in the practice
Aims and Objectives
Methods and materials
Age distribution
Sex distribution
Period between date of injury and date of arrival
Results
False positive rate
False negative rate
Missing an incidental finding
Implications
Inter-relationship
How to achieve an equilibrium...
Conclusions
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