Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Pineta Grande Medical Center, Castel Volturno, Caserta, Italy
IBB, CNR, Napoli, Italy
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Pitman, A. G., Perceptual error and the culture of open disclosure in Australian radiology (2006) Australas Radiol, 50, pp. 206-211
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Woodring, J. H., Pitfalls in the radiologic diagnosis of lung cancer (1990) Am J Roentgenol, 154, pp. 1165-1175
Renfrew, D. L., Franken, E. A., Berbaum, K. S., Error in radiology: Classification and lessons in 182 cases presented at a problem case conference (1992) Radiology, 183, pp. 145-150
Berbaum, K. S., Brandser, E. A., Franken, E. A., Gaze dwell times on acute trauma injuries missed because of satisfaction of search (2001) Acad Radiol, 8, pp. 304-314
(2005) ACR practice guideline for communication of diagnostic imaging findings, in Practice guideline and technical standards, pp. 5-9. , American College of Radiology, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA
Harrigal, C. L., Erly, W. K., On-call radiology: Community standards and current trends (2007) Semin Ultrasound CT MR, 28, pp. 85-93
Thomson, C. B., Greaves, I., Missed injury and the tertiary trauma survey (2008) Injury, 39, pp. 107-114
Raskin, M. M., Survival strategies for radiology: Some practical tips on how to reduce the risk of being sued and losing (2006) J Am Coll Radiol, 3, pp. 689-693
Errors in Imaging Assessment of Polytrauma Patients
Although the use of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has increased the diagnostic quality by reducing the number of missed diagnoses in polytraumatized patients, errors remain a common phenomenon in emergency room setting. MDCT errors, contributing more commonly to missed or delayed diagnoses in polytrauma patients, are diagnostic errors commonly related to perceptual errors or to nonvisual errors. However, in some cases, misdiagnoses can be attributed to technical and methodological errors leading to incomplete or poor-quality imaging. Knowledge of common patterns of error is the most effective way to avoid future errors. The purpose of this article is to highlight the most frequent types of diagnostic errors in evaluating with MDCT of polytrauma patients. Semin Ultrasound CT MRI 33:337-346 (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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