INITIAL DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS IN CHILDREN SUSPECTED OF HAVING HEART DISEASE: PREVALENCE AND LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES

Initial diagnostic errors in children suspected of having heart disease: prevalence and long-term consequences

OBJECTIVE: To access the incidence of diagnostic errors in the initial evaluation of children with cardiac murmurs.METHODS: We evaluated our 7-years of experience in a public pediatric cardiology outpatient clinic.Of 3692 patients who were sent to the hospital, 2603 presented with a heart murmur and were investigated.Patients for whom a disagreemen

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On the formation of Dodd-Frank Act derivatives regulations.

Following the 2007-2009 financial crisis, governments around the world passed laws that marked the beginning of new period of enhanced regulation of the financial industry.These laws called for a myriad of new regulations, which in the U.S.are created through the so-called notice-and-comment process.Through examining the text documents generated th

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Unprofessional behaviours experienced by hospital staff: qualitative analysis of narrative comments in a longitudinal survey across seven hospitals in Australia

Abstract Background Unprofessional behaviours of healthcare staff have negative impacts on organisational outcomes, patient safety and staff well-being.The objective of this study was to undertake a qualitative analysis of narrative responses from the Longitudinal Investigation of Negative Behaviours survey (LION), to develop a comprehensive unders

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