Diagnostic Errors in Pediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To summarize the literature on prevalence, impact, and contributing factors related to diagnostic error in the PICU.

Data sources

Search of PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library up to December 2019.

Study selection

Studies on diagnostic error and the diagnostic process in pediatric critical care were included. Non-English studies with no translation, case reports/series, studies providing no information on diagnostic error, studies focused on non-PICU populations, and studies focused on a single condition/disease or a single diagnostic test/tool were excluded.

Data extraction

Data on research design, objectives, study sample, and results pertaining to the prevalence, impact, and factors associated with diagnostic error were abstracted from each st

SUBMITTER: Cifra CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373621 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature