USA Today Examines Missed Heart Attack Diagnoses By ED Physicians
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:00 PM EST
... USA Today on Wednesday examined how emergency department physicians often mistakenly discharge patients who have experienced heart attacks. According to a study published in April 2000 in the New England Journal of Medicine, ED physicians miss heart attack diagnoses in one in 50 patients, in part because of the lack of a definitive test for the condition. [click link for full article] ...
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