The New England Journal published a comment about the challenge of teaching “system-based practice” to improve the clinical outcome.
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Diagnostic error: more than a point
Talking about Diagnostic Error improvement some details were enumerated at the last DEM meeting hosted in Chicago in September 2013: the proper definition of the concept and the difficult task for developing a measure. We are now describing the “iceberg point” because, as we have learned, not all of diagnostic error have a “visible” consequence…
Uncommon diagnosis: ocular lymphoma
The eye and the adnexal area can be an anatomical location for extranodal lymphoma. The lacrimal gland is often involved. Histologically most of the lymphoma are MALT-type (mucosa associated lymphoma tissue). There is a controversial information about an association between ocular lymphoma and Chlamydia psittaci.
We show here a patient with a diagnosis of conjuntival lymphoma:
Diagnosis: a new journal
A new Journal around the theory and practice of medical diagnosis. From “Foro Osler” we want to congratulate to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.
You can access the first number here:
http://www.degruyter.com/search?q=Diagnosis&searchBtn=Search
What is the main cause for unilateral glaucoma?
Exfoliation syndrome is a low-prevalent opfthalmological finding (10%) but can be responsible of an uncommon situation: unilateral glaucoma
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http://foroosler.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/a-checklist-for-ophthalmology-a-practical-case/
A checklist for ophthalmology?: a practical case
Ocular pain and glaucoma are associated in doctor,s mind … but this could be an oversimplification prone to error
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