What is it about?
Julia Berg's diagnosis of EBV was missed and she was operated on with a diagnosis of acalculous cholecystitis, and eventually passed away. A discussion of the sequence of events that led to the diagnostic error are discussed by physicians, administrators and her parents.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Diagnostic error remains an uncommonly addressed cause of error in medicine. The various contributors to diagnostic error are not well studied. Detailed reports of cases can help identify causes for lapses and possible solutions to avoid error.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Learning from tragedy: the Julia Berg story, Diagnosis, November 2018, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2018-0067.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
