Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies

Bradford Winters; Jason Custer; Samuel M Galvagno; Elizabeth Colantuoni; Shruti G Kapoor; HeeWon Lee; Victoria Goode; Karen Robinson; Atul Nakhasi; Peter Pronovost; David Newman-Toker

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000803

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Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies

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Bradford Winters Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jason Custer Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Samuel M Galvagno Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth Colantuoni Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shruti G Kapoor Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
HeeWon Lee Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Victoria Goode Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen Robinson Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Atul Nakhasi Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Pronovost Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Newman-Toker Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Bradford Winters, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, UK; bwinters{at}jhmi.edu

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Winters B, Custer J, Galvagno SM, et al

Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies

BMJ Quality & Safety 2012;21:894-902.

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Accepted June 24, 2012
First published July 21, 2012.

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