Open AccessMisdiagnosis and Quality of Management in Paediatric Surgical Patients Referred to a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Eduardo Bracho-Blanchet,
Joel Cazares-Rangel,
Cristian Zalles-Vidal,
Roberto Dávila-Pérez
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7988.4241
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , pediatrics , tertiary referral hospital , tertiary care , emergency medicine , health care , prospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , intensive care medicine , family medicine , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pathology , economics , economic growth
The literature on diagnosis and management prior to transfer paediatric surgical patients to a tertiary care center is scarce. In referral centers, it is common to receive patients previously subjected to inadequate or inappropriate health care.