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A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in pediatric abdominal pain.

Kasick RT, Melvin JE, Perera ST, et al. A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in pediatric abdominal pain. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(2):209-217. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0054.

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July 14, 2021
Kasick RT, Melvin JE, Perera ST, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(2):209-217.
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Diagnostic errors can result in increased length of stay and unplanned hospital readmissions. To reduce readmissions, this hospital implemented a diagnostic time-out to increase the frequency of documented differential diagnosis in pediatric patients admitted with abdominal pain. Results showed marginal improvement in quality of differential diagnosis.

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Kasick RT, Melvin JE, Perera ST, et al. A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in pediatric abdominal pain. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(2):209-217. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0054.

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