A unified conceptual model for diagnostic errors: underdiagnosis, overdiagnosis, and misdiagnosis

Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese.

BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity and asthma has increased concurrently over the last decades, suggesting a link between obesity and asthma. However, asthma might not be adequately diagnosed in this population. AIM To investigate whether not only overdiagnosis but also underdiagnosis of asthma is present in an obese population. METHODS Morbidly obese subjects with or without physician-di...

diagnostic and developmental potentials of dynamic assessment for writing skill

این پایان نامه بدنبال بررسی کاربرد ارزیابی مستمر در یک محیط یادگیری زبان دوم از طریق طرح چهار سوال تحقیق زیر بود: (1) درک توانایی های فراگیران زمانیکه که از طریق برآورد عملکرد مستقل آنها امکان پذیر نباشد اما در طول جلسات ارزیابی مستمر مشخص شوند; (2) امکان تقویت توانایی های فراگیران از طریق ارزیابی مستمر; (3) سودمندی ارزیابی مستمر در هدایت آموزش فردی به سمتی که به منطقه ی تقریبی رشد افراد حساس ا...

Difficulties in Diagnosis of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis: Overdiagnosis or Underdiagnosis A Case Report

The misdiagnosis severity score and doctors' perception of the severity of diagnostic errors.

OBJECTIVE To test the previously described misdiagnosis severity score (MSS) by comparing it with doctors' perceptions of the severity of diagnostic errors. METHODS 14 scenarios of diagnostic errors were described on a questionnaire. These were given to 12 accident and emergency (A&E) consultants who were asked to indicate their assessment of the severity of the errors on a scale of 1 to 10. ...

Head and Neck Pathology Slide Seminar: Risk of underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis in head and neck pathology

Case 2: Presented by Alena Skalova, MD Clinical History 35-year-old man presented with a chief complaint of nasal obstruction. Physical examination revealed a glistening mass filling the right posterior choana and the posterior aspect of the right nasal fossa. The patient was admitted to the hospital and intranasal polypectomy was performed. The patient presented with recurrent mass in the nasa...