The uses of error: Sharing with colleagues
I have made worse blunders, but with somewhat better excuses: missing infective endocarditis in a young man with hemiplegia, fever and a bruit (Osler's triad, but the cardiologist maintained it was a functional bruit), diagnosing bacterial meningitis only at autopsy (steroids had suppressed fev...
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Published in | The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 357; no. 9274; p. 2128 |
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Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Elsevier Ltd
30.06.2001
Elsevier Limited |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | I have made worse blunders, but with somewhat better excuses: missing infective endocarditis in a young man with hemiplegia, fever and a bruit (Osler's triad, but the cardiologist maintained it was a functional bruit), diagnosing bacterial meningitis only at autopsy (steroids had suppressed fever and inflammatory response), and repeating this experience with a brain abscess (the radiologist and the neurosurgeon had agreed it was a tumour). |
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ISSN: | 0140-6736 1474-547X |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05188-6 |