"Diagnostic Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Incorrect diagnoses following clinical or technical diagnostic procedures.
| Descriptor ID |
D003951
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.354 N02.421.450.280
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| Concept/Terms |
Diagnostic Errors- Diagnostic Errors
- Diagnostic Error
- Error, Diagnostic
- Errors, Diagnostic
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnostic Errors".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnostic Errors".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnostic Errors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnostic Errors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnostic Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Mitigation of errors on an FDA-approved platform for cytomegalovirus viral load assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Jul 16; 62(7):e0041624.
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Implementation of a Structured Process for Clinically Indicated Testing for Clostridioides difficile Infections in Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Nurs. 2023 May-Jun; 40(3):188-194.
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Diagnostic Error in the Critically Ill: A Hidden Epidemic? Crit Care Clin. 2022 Jan; 38(1):11-25.
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Pulmonary embolism initially misdiagnosed as perimyocarditis in a young patient. Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Jan-Mar; 25(1):100-102.
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Safer Stroke-Dx Instrument: Identifying Stroke Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 07; 14(7):e007758.
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The authors reply. Crit Care Med. 2020 05; 48(5):e434-e435.
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Controversies in diagnosis: contemporary debates in the diagnostic safety literature. Diagnosis (Berl). 2020 01 28; 7(1):3-9.
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Horses and zebras: probabilities, uncertainty, and cognitive bias in clinical diagnosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 05; 222(5):469.e1-469.e3.
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Frequency, Risk Factors, Causes, and Consequences of Diagnostic Errors in Critically Ill Medical Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. 2019 11; 47(11):e902-e910.
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Pediatric Monogenic Diabetes: A Unique Challenge and Opportunity. Pediatr Ann. 2019 Aug 01; 48(8):e319-e325.