• Semin. Ultrasound CT MR · Aug 2012

    Errors in imaging assessment of polytrauma patients.

    • Giacomo Sica, Franco Guida, Giorgio Bocchini, Umberto Codella, Pier Paolo Mainenti, Michela Tanga, and Mariano Scaglione.
    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Pineta Grande Medical Center, Castel Volturno, Caserta, Italy.
    • Semin. Ultrasound CT MR. 2012 Aug 1; 33 (4): 337-46.

    AbstractAlthough 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.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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