Scientific Progress and a Diagnostic Dilemma

David C Stockwell^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² The Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD.
³ Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Pascal Metrics, a Patient Safety Organization, Washington, DC.

Editorial

David C Stockwell. Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1597-1599.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006011. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

David C Stockwell^{1

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² The Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD.
³ Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Pascal Metrics, a Patient Safety Organization, Washington, DC.

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Comment on

Prevalence and Characteristics of Diagnostic Error in Pediatric Critical Care: A Multicenter Study.
Cifra CL, Custer JW, Smith CM, Smith KA, Bagdure DN, Bloxham J, Goldhar E, Gorga SM, Hoppe EM, Miller CD, Pizzo M, Ramesh S, Riffe J, Robb K, Simone SL, Stoll HD, Tumulty JA, Wall SE, Wolfe KK, Wendt L, Ten Eyck P, Landrigan CP, Dawson JD, Reisinger HS, Singh H, Herwaldt LA. Cifra CL, et al. Crit Care Med. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1492-1501. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005942. Epub 2023 May 30. Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37246919 Free PMC article.

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