"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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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2003 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2005 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2008 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2009 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2011 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
2012 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2013 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
2014 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
2015 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2017 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
2018 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
2019 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
2020 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
2022 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
2023 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnostic Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Consensus-Based Development of a Pediatric Echocardiography Complexity Score: Design, Rationale, and Results of a Quality Improvement Collaborative. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 05; 13(5):e029798.
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Characteristics and contributing factors of diagnostic error in surgery: analysis of closed medico-legal cases and complaints in Canada. Can J Surg. 2024 Jan-Feb; 67(1):E58-E65.
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The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare. Diagnosis (Berl). 2024 Feb 01; 11(1):17-24.
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Diagnostic Error in Pediatric Critical Care: A Multicenter Study. Crit Care Med. 2023 11 01; 51(11):1492-1501.
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Types of diagnostic errors reported by paediatric emergency providers in a global paediatric emergency care research network. BMJ Open Qual. 2023 03; 12(1).
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Hereditary Angioedema: A Disease Often Misdiagnosed and Mistreated. Prim Care. 2023 Jun; 50(2):295-303.
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Patient generated research priorities to improve diagnostic safety: A systematic prioritization exercise. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 05; 110:107650.
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Managing Interruptions to Improve Diagnostic Decision-Making: Strategies and Recommended Research Agenda. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 05; 38(6):1526-1531.
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Discrepancies Between Clinical and Anatomic Causes of Death in Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: An Institutional Experience at a Tertiary Care Center. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 10 01; 146(10):1281-1285.
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Measure Dx: Implementing pathways to discover and learn from diagnostic errors. Int J Qual Health Care. 2022 Sep 10; 34(3).